Fosse, Pyrénées-Orientales

Fosse
Fòssa
Commune
A general view of Fosse

Coat of arms
Fosse
Location within Occitanie region
Fosse
Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 2°25′55″E / 42.7892°N 2.4319°E / 42.7892; 2.4319Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 2°25′55″E / 42.7892°N 2.4319°E / 42.7892; 2.4319
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Michel Garrigue
Area1 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 39
 • Density 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66083 /66220
Elevation 453–689 m (1,486–2,260 ft)
(avg. 488 m or 1,601 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.

Fosse is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Fosse is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Fosse and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Jean-Pierre Pellissier[1] ca. 1803 ?
Germain Pellissier[1] before 1815 ? (reelected in 1815)
A. Pélissier[1] ca. 1937 ?
Hervé Pagane 2001 2008
Michel Garrigue 2008

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Reconduction du maire de Fosse, 24 juin 1815 , 23 June 2014


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