Bélesta (Pyrénées-Orientales)

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Bélesta
Belestarr
Coat of arms of Bélesta
Bélesta (France)
Bélesta
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton La Vallée de l'Agly
Community association Roussillon-Conflent
Coordinates 42 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E
height 122-561 m
surface 20.52 km 2
Residents 221 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66720
INSEE code 66019
Website http://www.belesta.fr/

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Bélesta ( Occitan : Belhestar ) is a municipality with 221 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region of southern France . Estagel belongs to the Arrondissement of Prades and the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly (until 2015: canton of Latour-de-France ). The inhabitants are called Ballestrucs .

geography

Bélesta is about 20 kilometers west-northwest of Perpignan . Bélesta is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cassagnes in the north, Montner in the north-east, Millas in the east and south-east, Néfiach in the south-east, Ille-sur-Têt in the south, Montalba-le-Château in the west and south-west and Caramany in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 318 312 262 247 223 215 214 225
Source: Cassini and INSEE

economy

As in the neighboring communities, viticulture plays a particularly important role. The municipality belongs to the wine-growing regions of Côtes du Roussillon-Villages and Rivesaltes .

Attractions

  • Saint-Barthélemy church in Bélesta, Romanesque church building
  • Ruins of the Saint-Barthélemy church in Jonquerolles, pre- or early Romanesque church ruins
  • Dolmen du Molí del Vent
  • Llebres ruins
  • Attractions

  • Saint Barthélemy Church in Bélesta

  • Ruins of the Saint-Barthélemy church in Jonquerolles

  • Dolmen of Bélesta

  • Llébrès ruins

Personalities

Web links

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