Marquixanes
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | Le Canigou | |
| Community association | Conflent-Canigó | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 39 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 244-568 m | |
| surface | 4.80 km 2 | |
| Residents | 555 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 116 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66320 | |
| INSEE code | 66103 | |
| Website | http://marquixanes.com/ | |
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Marquixanes ( Catalan : Marqueixanes ) is a French commune with 555 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region (before 2016: Languedoc-Roussillon ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Prades and to the municipality association Conflent-Canigó (previously Roussillon-Conflent ) founded in 2014 .
geography
Marquixanes at the foot of the Pyrenees is about 35 kilometers west-southwest of Perpignan in the area of the historic county of Conflent . The Têt flows through the municipality into the Retenue de Vinça reservoir . Marquixanes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Arboussols in the north, Vinça in the east, Espira-de-Conflent in the southeast, Estoher in the south, Los Masos in the southwest and Eus in the west.
Population development
In 1846, Marquixanes had 619 residents.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 | |
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| Residents | 388 | 363 | 333 | 307 | 299 | 397 | 536 | 555 | |
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Attractions
- Church of Sainte-Eulalie et Sainte-Julie, the early 17th century successor to the Romanesque predecessor church, first mentioned in 1025
- Saint-Pons cemetery chapel
Economy and Infrastructure
The vines in Marquixanes are part of the Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing region . There are 16 farms in the community (fruit growing, four winegrowers).
The former route nationale 116 , which was partially expanded to two lanes, runs through the municipality . Marquixanes station is on the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line .
supporting documents
- ↑ Marquixanes on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Marquixanes on insee.fr
- ↑ Church on marquixanes.com ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
