Arboussols

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Arboussols, Arboçols
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Location of Arboussols, Arboçols
Arboussols, Arboçols is located in France
Arboussols, Arboçols
Arboussols, Arboçols
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
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Fernand Cabeza
Area
1
14.08 km2 (5.44 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
121
 • Density8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66007 /66320
Elevation242–1,004 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.

Arboussols (French pronunciation: [aʁbusɔls] (About this soundlisten); Catalan: Arboçols) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography[]

Localisation[]

Arboussols is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly 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%
YearPop.±%
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%

Sites of interest[]

  • The church of Saint Saviour in Arboussols ;
  • The church of Saint Eulalia in Arboussols ;
  • The medieval hamlet of Marcevol ;
  • The priory of Marcevol ;
  • The church of Our Lady of the Stairs in Marcevol ;
  • The half-dolmen de la Llosa del Cortal dels Polls.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.


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