Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

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Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (France)
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Les Pyrénées Catalanes
Community association Pyrénées Cerdagne
Coordinates 42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 57 ′  E
height 1,235-2,921 m
surface 87.87 km 2
Residents 608 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66760
INSEE code
Website http://www.angoustrine.net/

Town hall (Mairie) of Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes ( Catalan : Angostrina i Vilanova de les Escaldes ) is a French commune with 608 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the Prades arrondissement and the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes (until 2015: Saillagouse canton ). The inhabitants are called Angoustrinois .

geography

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the Cerdanya in the Pyrenees near the border with Spain . In the municipal area is the Pic Carlit at 2,921 meters and the Bouillouses lake , which drains into the Têt . Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Orlu in the north, Formiguères in the northeast, Les Angles and Bolquère in the east, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via and Targassonne in the east and southeast, the Spanish exclave Llívia and Ur in the south, Dorres in the southwest, Porté-Puymorens in the west and Mérens-les-Vals in the northwest.

history

In 1973 the municipalities of Angoustrine and Villeneuve-des-Escaldes were merged.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 223 218 573 556 600 549 632 714
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • old Saint-André church from the 12th century
  • Saint-André church in Angoustrine
  • Saint-Assiscle-et-Sainte-Victoire church in Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
  • Saint-Martin chapel

Web links

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