Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
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Villeneuve-de-la-Raho Vilanova de Raò |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Plaine d'Illibéris | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 55 ′ E | |
| height | 16-62 m | |
| surface | 11.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,926 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 344 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66180 | |
| INSEE code | 66227 | |
| Website | http://www.villeneuve-de-la-raho.fr/ | |
 Town view with the lake in the foreground |
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Villeneuve-de-la-Raho ( Catalan: Vilanova de Rao ) is a French commune in the department of Pyrenees-Orientales in the region Occitania . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Perpignan and the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris . The 3926 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) of the municipality call themselves Villeneuvois (es) .
geography
Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is a banlieue in the south of Perpignan on the Retenue de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho reservoir . The Réart flows through the municipality . Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Perpignan in the north, Théza in the east, Corneilla-del-Vercol in the southeast, Montescot in the south and Pollestres in the west.
Here, in the Rivesaltes wine region , u. a. the Muscat de Rivesaltes is also grown.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2011 | |
| Residents | 615 | 630 | 908 | 1,234 | 3,189 | 3,625 | 3,800 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Julien-et-Saint-Basilisse chapel from 996, today's building from 1149, monument historique since 1912
- Saint-Julien church from the 17th century
Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse chapel
Parish Church of Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse
Born in Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
- Alfred Sauvy (1898–1990), economist and sociologist
