Fontpédrouse

Fontpédrouse
Fontpedrosa
Commune
The church in Fontpédrouse
Fontpédrouse
Location within Occitanie region
Fontpédrouse
Coordinates: 42°30′46″N 2°10′51″E / 42.5128°N 2.1808°E / 42.5128; 2.1808Coordinates: 42°30′46″N 2°10′51″E / 42.5128°N 2.1808°E / 42.5128; 2.1808
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Arlette Bigorre
Area1 64.35 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 123
 • Density 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66080 /66360
Elevation 880–2,865 m (2,887–9,400 ft)
(avg. 1,062 m or 3,484 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.

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

Geography

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

Map of Fontpédrouse and its surrounding communes

History

The commune of Prats-Saint-Thomas is merged into Fontpédrouse on 26 June 1822.[1]

Part of the hamlets of Prats-Saint-Thomas are destroyed in December 1932 because of heavy rains which caused several landslides.[2]

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
  2. ↑ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Pluies diluviennes en décembre 1932, 3 february 2014


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