Espira-de-l'Agly
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Espira-de-l'Agly Espirà de l'Aglí |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 47 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 26–458 m | |
| surface | 26.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,455 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 129 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66600 | |
| INSEE code | 66069 | |
| Website | http://www.espira.com/ | |
 Town hall of Espira-de-l'Agly |
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Espira-de-l'Agly ( Catalan: Espirà-de-l'Aglí ) is a municipality with 3455 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region in southwest France . Espira-de-l'Agly belongs to the Arrondissement of Perpignan and the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly . The inhabitants are called Espiranencs .
geography
Espira-de-l'Agly is located about eight kilometers north-north-west of Perpignan and ten kilometers from the Mediterranean coast on the Agly river and is part of the Rivesaltes and Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing regions . Espira-de-l'Agly is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vingrau in the north and north-west, Salses-le-Château in the north and north-east, Rivesaltes in the east, Peyrestortes in the south-east, Baixas in the south and Cases-de-Pène in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,481 | 1,685 | 1,599 | 1,723 | 2,196 | 2,463 | 2,883 | 3,229 |
Attractions
- Church of Sainte-Marie, Romanesque building from the High Middle Ages, monument historique since 1886
- Medieval bridge over the Agly from the 12th or 13th century
- former Trappist monastery, now a private school
