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Villelongue-dels-Monts
Occitanievillage
Villelongue-dels-Monts
Total population
1,858
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Villelongue-dels-Monts is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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History
Villelongue-dels-Monts is named after the peak above the village which means « Villelongue-du-Mont ». It was mentioned for the first time in 981. Eventually, the monastery of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines possessed a freehold on "Villalonga". The phrase "Castrum Sancti Christophori" appeared in 1095 to indicate the fortress constructed on the rocky peak.
Geography
Villelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, 33 km south of Perpignan, 18 km east from the Mediterranean Sea and 17 km from the Spanish border by Le Perthus, in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. Its close neighbouring communities are : in the north Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Brouilla and Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines; in the east Laroque-des-Albères; in the south l'Albère and in the west Montesquieu-des-Albères. With a surface of 1155 hectares, the territory is narrow and long (2 km from east to west and 8 km from north to south).
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 66225
- Department
- 66
- Region
- 76
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,976
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr