Escaro

Escaro
Escaró
Commune
A general view of Escaro
Escaro
Location within Occitanie region
Escaro
Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 2°18′57″E / 42.5386°N 2.3158°E / 42.5386; 2.3158Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 2°18′57″E / 42.5386°N 2.3158°E / 42.5386; 2.3158
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality Conflent Canigó
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) André Ambrigot
Area1 15.21 km2 (5.87 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 120
 • Density 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66068 /66360
Elevation 588–2,082 m (1,929–6,831 ft)
(avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Escaro (Catalan: Escaró) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Escaro is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Escaro and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

History

On 20 March 1822, the commune of Aytua is linked to Escaro.[1]

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
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