Torreilles

Torreilles
Torrelles de la Salanca
Commune
The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles

Coat of arms
Torreilles
Location within Occitanie region
Torreilles
Coordinates: 42°45′21″N 2°59′41″E / 42.7558°N 2.9947°E / 42.7558; 2.9947Coordinates: 42°45′21″N 2°59′41″E / 42.7558°N 2.9947°E / 42.7558; 2.9947
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton La Côte Salanquaise
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Louis Carles (PR)
Area1 17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 2,072
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66212 /66440
Elevation 0–8 m (0–26 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 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.

Torreilles (Catalan: Torrelles de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Torreilles is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Torreilles and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

Sites of interest

  • The pre-Romanesque Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church.

See also

References


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