Vingrau | |
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A general view of Vingrau | |
Coordinates: 42°50′56″N 2°46′45″E / 42.8489°N 2.7792°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Camps[1] |
Area 1 | 32.12 km2 (12.40 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2021)[2] | 549 |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66231 /66600 |
Elevation | 119–575 m (390–1,886 ft) (avg. 322 m or 1,056 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Vingrau (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃ɡʁo] ⓘ; Catalan: Vingrau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Vingrau is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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History
The townhall of Vingrau was destroyed by a fire in 1935, with all the municipal archives, and causing the death of a local roadman.[3]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 563 | — |
1975 | 490 | −1.96% |
1982 | 475 | −0.44% |
1990 | 426 | −1.35% |
1999 | 469 | +1.07% |
2007 | 565 | +2.36% |
2012 | 644 | +2.65% |
2017 | 606 | −1.21% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Incendie de la mairie de Vingrau en 1935, 6 March 2014
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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