Ayguatébia-Talau

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Ayguatébia-Talau Aiguatèbia i Talau
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°34′26″N 2°11′07″E / 42.5739°N 2.1853°E / 42.5739; 2.1853Coordinates: 42°34′26″N 2°11′07″E / 42.5739°N 2.1853°E / 42.5739; 2.1853
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Vicens
Area 1	29.68 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	37
• Density	1.2/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66010 /66360
Elevation	720–2,030 m (2,360–6,660 ft) (avg. 1,365 m or 4,478 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ayguatébia-Talau (French pronunciation: [aigwatebja talo] (listen); Catalan: Aiguatèbia i Talau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[2] Prior to 1983, It was known as Ayguatébia.

Geography[]

Location[]

Ayguatébia-Talau is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Ayguatébia-Talau and its surrounding communes

Toponymy[]

Attested forms

The name of Ayguatébia appears in 958 as Aqua tebeda, immediately followed in 959 by Aquatepida. Villa Aque tepida is used during the 11th century and Aiguetevia is found in 1392. From the 17th century and on, the common forms are Aiguetebia and Ayguatebia. The modern spelling in Catalan is Aiguatèbia, but the traditional spelling, Ayguatèbia, should be preferred.^[3]

The name of Talau appears in 874 as Villa Talatio and in 876 as Talacho. Talazo, Talaz and Talaxo are used during the 10th century. Talau appears in the 13th century and is used since.^[3]

Etymology

The name of Ayguatébia comes from the Latin aqua tebeda, meaning lukewarm water, in relation with warm springs found in Ayguatébia.^[3]

The name of Talau comes from a pre-Latin radical, Tal or Tala, meaning a small plateau found above a cliff or a hill, which corresponds to the situation of the village of Talau, located above the valley of the Cabrils river.^[3]

History[]

The commune Ayguatébia-Talau was created on January 1, 1983, by uniting the former communes of Ayguatébia and Talau.^[2]

Government and politics[]

The town hall in Ayguatebia

Mayors[]

Population[]

Architecture[]

• Saint-Felix and Saint-Armengol church in Ayguatébia
• Saint-Stephen church in Talau
• Saint-Michael of the Plans church

Notable people[]

• Saint Ermengol (?–1035) was possibly born in Ayguatébia.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References[]

External links[]

• IGN

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