Osséja

Osséja
Oceja (Catalan)
The Lake of Osséja
Location of Osséja
Osséja
Osséja
Coordinates: 42°25′01″N 1°58′54″E / 42.4169°N 1.9817°E / 42.4169; 1.9817
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
IntercommunalityPyrénées Cerdagne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roger Ciurana[1]
Area
1
17.13 km2 (6.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,376
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66130 /66340
Elevation1,187–2,192 m (3,894–7,192 ft)
(avg. 1,247 m or 4,091 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Osséja (French: [ɔseʒa] ; Catalan: Oceja [uˈseʒə]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. In 1972 it absorbed the former commune Valcebollère.[3]

Geography

Osséja is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Osséja station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,082—    
1975 1,134+0.67%
1982 1,279+1.73%
1990 1,274−0.05%
1999 1,282+0.07%
2007 1,480+1.81%
2012 1,400−1.11%
2017 1,330−1.02%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0131, 6 June 1972, p. 5668.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE