Ille-sur-Têt
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Ille-sur-Tet Illa |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Têt | |
| Community association | Roussillon-Conflent | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 110-446 m | |
| surface | 31.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,446 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 172 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66130 | |
| INSEE code | 66088 | |
| Website | illegal-sur-tet.com | |
Ille-sur-Tet (in Catalan Illa ) is a French commune in the department of Pyrenees-Orientales in the region Occitania . Ille-sur-Têt is located at the foot of the Pyrenees , south of the Têt , on the N116, about 25 km west of Perpignan . The community currently has 5446 inhabitants on an area of 31.6 km² (as of January 1, 2017). That number has been almost unchanged for decades.
The greatest attraction are the Orgues , a striking rock formation. The rocks are five million years old, so they come from the Pliocene in the Tertiary . They are made of sandstone and clay . At that time, the Têt deposited the material from the Pyrenees here and formed a large plateau . Since then, this has been washed out by rainwater, resulting in the rock needles reminiscent of organ pipes . As erosion continues, this attraction will not endure in the future.
The place has a train station on the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Louis Amade (1915–1992), writer and songwriter
Orgues rock formations
Orgues rock formations
View to the Pyrenees, in the background the Canigou
