Rasiguères

Rasiguères
Rasiguèras
Commune
A general view of Rasiguères

Coat of arms
Rasiguères
Location within Occitanie region
Rasiguères
Coordinates: 42°46′00″N 2°36′34″E / 42.7667°N 2.6094°E / 42.7667; 2.6094Coordinates: 42°46′00″N 2°36′34″E / 42.7667°N 2.6094°E / 42.7667; 2.6094
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Roger Chebille
Area1 13.72 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 139
 • Density 10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66158 /66720
Elevation 104–548 m (341–1,798 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 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.

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

Geography

Localisation

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

Map of Rasiguères and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

Sites of interest

  • A fortified tower from the 15th c. with remaining parts of ramparts.
  • An old bridge from the 16th and 17th c. on the river Tournefort.
  • The ruins of the Trémoine family castle with walls from the 13th c. and a tower from the 16th and 17th c.
  • Ruins of the Castellas tower from the 12th and 13th c.
  • The Saint John the Baptist Church from the 18th and 19th c.[1]
  • Remains of an old church near the Tournefort bridge.
  • Various old stone sheds in the vineyards.

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Quête insistante du curé de Rasiguères en 1887 , 11 June 2015


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