Théza
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Théza Tesà |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Ceret | |
| Canton | La Plaine d'Illibéris | |
| Community association | South Roussillon | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 57 ′ E | |
| height | 13-27 m | |
| surface | 4.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,040 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 422 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66200 | |
| INSEE code | 66208 | |
| Website | http://www.villetheza.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Théza |
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Théza ( Occitan and Catalan : Tesà ) is a place and a municipality in southern France with 2,040 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in what is now the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Céret and the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris (until 2015: canton of Elne ). The inhabitants are called Thézanais .
location
Théza is located about eight kilometers southeast of Perpignan in the old cultural landscape of Roussillon . The river Réart , which flows five kilometers east into the Mediterranean Sea, forms the northern municipal boundary. Théza is surrounded by the neighboring communities Saleilles in the north, Alénya in the east, Corneilla-del-Vercol in the south and Villeneuve-de-la-Raho in the west.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 102 | 213 | 427 | 513 | 532 | 554 | 780 | 929 | 1013 | 1252 | 1334 | 2040 |
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Attractions
- 19th century church Saint-Pierre
- Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Remède oratory from the 16th century
