Tautavel
Tautavel
Talteüll | |
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The town hall of Tautavel | |
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Coordinates: 42°48′55″N 2°44′50″E / 42.8153°N 2.7472°ECoordinates: 42°48′55″N 2°44′50″E / 42.8153°N 2.7472°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Francis Alis[1] |
Area 1 | 53.47 km2 (20.64 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 860 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66205 /66720 |
Elevation | 65–566 m (213–1,857 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Tautavel (French pronunciation: [totavɛl] (listen); Catalan: Talteüll) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is home to The European Centre for Prehistoric Research (CERP). Tautavel Man, an early hominid and some of the oldest human remains in Europe, was found in Caune de l'Arago, a cave in the commune.
Geography[]
Tautavel is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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Map of Tautavel and its surrounding communes
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 947 | — |
1975 | 776 | −2.80% |
1982 | 654 | −2.41% |
1990 | 738 | +1.52% |
1999 | 851 | +1.60% |
2007 | 903 | +0.74% |
2012 | 869 | −0.76% |
2017 | 866 | −0.07% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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Categories:
- Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
- Paleoanthropological sites
- Stone Age sites in Europe
- Homo erectus sites
- Pyrénées-Orientales geography stubs