Rasiguères
Rasiguères is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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Coordinates: 42°46′00″N 2°36′34″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Agly Fenouillèdes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Roger Chebille |
Area 1 | 13.72 km2 (5.30 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 152 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
Geography
Localisation
Rasiguères is in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Neighbouring communes
Population
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.[2]
- Remains of an old church near the Tournefort bridge.
- Various old stone sheds in the vineyards.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Quête insistante du curé de Rasiguères en 1887 , 11 June 2015
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