Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Sant Genís de Fontanes
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E / 42.5425°N 2.9228°E / 42.5425; 2.9228Coordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E / 42.5425°N 2.9228°E / 42.5425; 2.9228
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Vallespir-Albères
Intercommunality	CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Regond-Planas
Area 1	9.90 km2 (3.82 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	2,836
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66175 /66740
Elevation	24–102 m (79–335 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (Catalan: Sant Genís de Fontanes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography[]

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines and its surrounding communes

Population[]

Sites of interest[]

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is home to a Benedictine abbey, founded in the late 8th or early 9th century.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References[]

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