Arboussols

Arboussols

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Arboussols

Coordinates: 42°39′52″N 2°29′10″E / 42.6644°N 2.4861°E / 42.6644; 2.4861Coordinates: 42°39′52″N 2°29′10″E / 42.6644°N 2.4861°E / 42.6644; 2.4861
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Sournia
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Vinça Canigou
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Étienne Surjus
Area1 14.08 km2 (5.44 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 101
  Density 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66007 / 66320
Elevation 242–1,004 m (794–3,294 ft)
(avg. 593 m or 1,946 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.

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

Geography

Arboussols is located in the canton of Sournia and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Arboussols and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Éloi Aubert 1983 1989
Jean-Claude Delseny 2001 2014
Étienne Surjus 2014

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793137    
1800146+6.6%
1806139−4.8%
1821153+10.1%
1831198+29.4%
1836225+13.6%
1841219−2.7%
1846227+3.7%
1851205−9.7%
1856198−3.4%
1861186−6.1%
1866179−3.8%
1872212+18.4%
1876229+8.0%
1881229+0.0%
1886191−16.6%
1891220+15.2%
1896207−5.9%
1901202−2.4%
1906202+0.0%
1911189−6.4%
1921147−22.2%
1926143−2.7%
1931133−7.0%
1936138+3.8%
1946113−18.1%
1954129+14.2%
1962125−3.1%
1968104−16.8%
197585−18.3%
198281−4.7%
199079−2.5%
199995+20.3%
2006101+6.3%
2009104+3.0%

See also

References

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