Targassonne

Targassonne Targasona
The THEMIS Solar Power tower.
Targassonne
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Targassonne
Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°ECoordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°E
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Saillagouse
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Pierre Will
Area^1	7.80 km^2 (3.01 sq mi)
Population (2007)^2	200
• Density	26/km^2 (66/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	66202 / 66120
Elevation	1,383–2,123 m (4,537–6,965 ft) (avg. 1,597 m or 5,240 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.

Hiking Trail near Targassonne.

Targassonne (in Catalan Targasona) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.

The town council and some maps use the name Targasonne.

Targassonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.

Geography

Targassonne is located in the canton of Saillagouse and in the arrondissement of Prades. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix in the North-West at 61 kilometres and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the East.

Map of Targassonne and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center
• Solar furnace in Odeillo
• Cerdanya

References

• INSEE