Targassonne
Targassonne
Targasona | |
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Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°ECoordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Maurice de Gerona |
Area 1 | 7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 190 |
• Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66202 /66120 |
Elevation | 1,383–2,123 m (4,537–6,965 ft) (avg. 1,597 m or 5,240 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Targasonne_Chaos_granitique4.jpg/220px-Targasonne_Chaos_granitique4.jpg)
Hiking Trail near Targassonne.
Targassonne (in Catalan Targasona) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.
The town council and some maps use the name Targasonne.
Targassonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.
Geography[]
Targassonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix in the North-West at 61 kilometres and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the East.
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Map of Targassonne and its surrounding communes
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 71 | — |
1975 | 65 | −1.25% |
1982 | 93 | +5.25% |
1990 | 133 | +4.57% |
1999 | 203 | +4.81% |
2007 | 200 | −0.19% |
2012 | 193 | −0.71% |
2017 | 184 | −0.95% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
See also[]
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
- THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center
- Solar furnace in Odeillo
- Cerdanya
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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