Rasiguères
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Rasiguères Rasiguèras |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Prades | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Agly Fenouillèdes | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 104-548 m | |
| surface | 13.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 152 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66720 | |
| INSEE code | 66158 | |
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Rasiguères ( Occitan : Cassanhas ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 152 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in what is now the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the Prades arrondissement and the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly (until 2015: canton of Latour-de-France ). The inhabitants are called Rasiguèrois .
location
Rasiguères is located about 23 kilometers west-northwest of Perpignan in the Fenouillèdes . The Agly flows through the south of the parish. Rasiguères is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Maury in the north, Planèzes in the east, Cassagnes in the south and south-east, Caramany in the south-west, Lansac in the west and Lesquerde in the north-west.
The wine-growing regions of Rivesaltes and Côtes du Roussillon touch the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 166 | 214 | 309 | 216 | 235 | 228 | 152 | 162 | 165 | 168 | 139 | 167 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 18th / 19th centuries century
- Ruins of the old church at the Tournefort bridge
- old bridge from the 14th / 15th centuries Century at Tournefort
- old keep from the 15th century with the remains of the fortifications
- Ruins of the tower of Castellas from the 12th / 13th centuries century
- Ruins of the Castle of Trémoine from the 17th / 18th centuries Century with tower from the 13th century
