Fontpédrouse

Fontpédrouse Fontpedrosa
The church in Fontpédrouse
Fontpédrouse
Location within Occitanie region  Fontpédrouse
Coordinates: 42°30′46″N 2°10′51″E / 42.5128°N 2.1808°ECoordinates: 42°30′46″N 2°10′51″E / 42.5128°N 2.1808°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Mont-Louis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Arlette Bigorre
Area^1	64.35 km^2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	123
• Density	1.9/km^2 (5.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	66080 / 66360
Elevation	880–2,865 m (2,887–9,400 ft) (avg. 1,062 m or 3,484 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fontpédrouse (Catalan: Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Fontpédrouse is located in the canton of Mont-Louis and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Fontpédrouse and its surrounding communes

History

The commune of Prats-Saint-Thomas is merged into Fontpédrouse on 26 June 1822.^[1]

Part of the hamlets of Prats-Saint-Thomas are destroyed in December 1932 because of heavy rains which caused several landslides.^[2]

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE

1. (French) Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
2. (French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Pluies diluviennes en décembre 1932, 3 february 2014