Tautavel

Tautavel
Talteüll

The town hall of Tautavel

Coat of arms
Tautavel

Coordinates: 42°48′55″N 2°44′50″E / 42.8153°N 2.7472°E / 42.8153; 2.7472Coordinates: 42°48′55″N 2°44′50″E / 42.8153°N 2.7472°E / 42.8153; 2.7472
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Latour-de-France
Intercommunality Rivesaltais - Agly - Manadeil
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Guy Ilary
Area1 53.47 km2 (20.64 sq mi)
Population (2007)2 910
  Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66205 / 66720
Elevation 65–566 m (213–1,857 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 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.

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

It is home to The European Centre for Prehistoric Research (CERP). Tautavel Man, an early hominid and some of the oldest human remains in Europe, was found in Caune de l'Arago, a cave in the commune.

Geography

Tautavel is located in the canton of Latour-de-France and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Tautavel and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

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