Sournia

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Sournia
Sournia coat of arms
Sournia (France)
Sournia
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton La Vallée de l'Agly
Community association Conflent-Canigó
Coordinates 42 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E
height 380-1,234 m
surface 29.99 km 2
Residents 498 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66730
INSEE code

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Sournia is a French commune with 498 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Prades and the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities of Sournia are Prats-de-Sournia in the north, Trévillach in the north-east, Campoussy in the east, Eus in the south-east, Molitg-les-Bains in the south, Mosset in the south-west, Rabouillet in the west and Le Vivier in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2013
Residents 351 339 296 339 376 367 501

Attractions

  • Ruins of the Saint-Michel chapel (10th century)
  • Former church of Sainte-Félice (10th / 11th century)
  • Saint-Just Church in Courbous
  • Saint-Laurent church in Arsa (12th century)
  • Sournia Castle

Web links

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