Trilla (Pyrénées-Orientales)

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Trilla
Trilhan
Trilla coat of arms
Trilla (France)
Trilla
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton La Vallée de l'Agly
Community association Agly Fenouillèdes
Coordinates 42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E
height 155-801 m
surface 8.96 km 2
Residents 74 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66220
INSEE code 66216

Place view

Trilla ( Occitan : Trilhan ) is a small community with 74 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the French region of Occitania .

location

Trilla is located in a valley in the geographic center of the Fenouillèdes , about 44 kilometers (driving distance) west of Perpignan . Prades , the capital of the arrondissement, is about 29 kilometers southwest.

Population development

year 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 72 76 64 51 54 60

economy

In Trilla, as in the wooded area of ​​the entire Fenouillèdes , there is a small amount of agriculture, forestry and viticulture. A small proportion of the wines are used for personal use, but the greater part is marketed through the Côtes du Roussillon appellation. The rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) also plays an important role in the economic life of the small communities.

history

Until 870, the Fenouillèdes still belonged to the historic County of Razès , after which it came into the possession of the Counts of Cerdagne . Trilla ( trilianum ) is mentioned for the first time in a bull of Pope Sergius IV from 1011 and assigned to the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa . By the Treaty of Corbeil (1259) the Fenouillèdes was added to the Languedoc - controlled by the French crown .

Attractions

  • The remains of two dolmens ( dolmen of Las Apostados and dolmen of Las Colombinos) from the time of the megalithic cultures can be found about one kilometer north and northeast of the village; at Ansignan - about two to four kilometers further northwest - there are the remains of three other dolmens. The age of these prehistoric stone graves is likely to be around 5000 to 5500 years.
  • The single-nave church of the village ( Notre-Dame de l'Assomption ) was - despite its older appearance - only built in the years 1852/54, when the village still had around 200 inhabitants. The west facade of the church is completely unadorned, but has a small - slightly curved - bell gable .

Web links

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