Millas

Millas Millars
A general view of Millas
Millas
Location within Occitanie region  Millas
Coordinates: 42°41′33″N 2°41′47″E / 42.6925°N 2.6964°ECoordinates: 42°41′33″N 2°41′47″E / 42.6925°N 2.6964°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Millas
Intercommunality	Roussillon Conflent
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Damienne Beffara-Bourquin
Area^1	19.12 km^2 (7.38 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	3,452
• Density	180/km^2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	66108 / 66170
Elevation	89–500 m (292–1,640 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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

Geography

Localization

Millas is located in the canton of Millas and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Millas and its surrounding communes

Hydrography

The river Têt runs through Millas. Floods often occur, as in 1892 when the level of the Têt in Millas rose up to 4,20 meters.^[1]

Demography

Notable residents

• Marine Le Pen and Louis Aliot, both politicians, live in Millas.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE

1. (French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Inondations en novembre 1892, 2 march 2014
2. "Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. January 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016. La visite s'achète dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, dans la bourgade de Millas. Il y a six ans, Marine Le Pen y a acquis avec son compagnon, Louis Alliot, une villa moderne, au fond d'un grand lotissement propret.