Torreilles
Torrelles de la Salanca | |
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![]() The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles | |
Coordinates: 42°45′21″N 2°59′41″E / 42.7558°N 2.9947°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Côte Salanquaise |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Medina[1] |
Area 1 | 17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,821 |
• Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66212 /66440 |
Elevation | 0–8 m (0–26 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Torreilles (French pronunciation: [tɔʁɛj] ; Occitan: Torrelles de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Torreilles is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66212.png/300px-Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66212.png)
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,591 | — |
1975 | 1,215 | −3.78% |
1982 | 1,492 | +2.98% |
1990 | 1,775 | +2.19% |
1999 | 2,072 | +1.73% |
2007 | 3,092 | +5.13% |
2012 | 3,326 | +1.47% |
2017 | 3,812 | +2.77% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Sites of interest
[edit]- The pre-Romanesque Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE