Torreilles
Torreilles
Torrelles de la Salanca | |
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The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Torreilles | |
Torreilles Torreilles | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′21″N 2°59′41″E / 42.7558°N 2.9947°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Côte Salanquaise |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Medina[1] |
Area 1 | 17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,793 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66212 /66440 |
| Elevation | 0–8 m (0–26 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Torreilles (French pronunciation: [tɔʁɛj] ⓘ; Occitan: Torrelles de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Torreilles is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,591 | — |
| 1975 | 1,215 | −3.78% |
| 1982 | 1,492 | +2.98% |
| 1990 | 1,775 | +2.19% |
| 1999 | 2,072 | +1.73% |
| 2007 | 3,092 | +5.13% |
| 2012 | 3,326 | +1.47% |
| 2017 | 3,812 | +2.77% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Sites of interest
- The pre-Romanesque Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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