Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales

Les Angles
Els Angles

Les Angles in winter
Les Angles

Coordinates: 42°34′42″N 2°04′30″E / 42.5783°N 2.075°E / 42.5783; 2.075Coordinates: 42°34′42″N 2°04′30″E / 42.5783°N 2.075°E / 42.5783; 2.075
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Mont-Louis
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Capcir Haut-Conflent
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Michel Poudade
Area1 43.20 km2 (16.68 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 541
 • Density 13/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66004 / 66210
Elevation 1,531–2,808 m (5,023–9,213 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Les Angles (French: [lez‿ɑ̃ɡl]; Catalan: Els Angles [əlz ˈaŋɡləs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Les Angles is located in the canton of Mont-Louis and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Les Angles and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Formiguères
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes Matemale
    
Bolquère La Llagonne

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Christian Blanc 2001 2014
Michel Poudade 2014

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962255—    
1968277+8.6%
1975351+26.7%
1982475+35.3%
1990528+11.2%
1999590+11.7%
2007565−4.2%
2009564−0.2%

See also

References

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