Targasonne
Targasonne
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| Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Maurice de Gerona[1] |
Area 1 | 7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 195 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66202 /66120 |
| Elevation | 1,383–2,123 m (4,537–6,965 ft) (avg. 1,597 m or 5,240 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Targasonne (French pronunciation: [taʁɡasɔn] ; Catalan: Targasona; before 2022: Targassonne[3]) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.
Targasonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.
Geography
[edit]Targasonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades very close to the Spanish border and the exclave of Llívia. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix 61 kilometres to the northwest and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the east.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 71 | — |
| 1975 | 65 | −1.25% |
| 1982 | 93 | +5.25% |
| 1990 | 133 | +4.57% |
| 1999 | 203 | +4.81% |
| 2007 | 200 | −0.19% |
| 2012 | 193 | −0.71% |
| 2017 | 184 | −0.95% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
- THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center
- Solar furnace in Odeillo
- Cerdanya
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Décret No. 2021-1921 du 30 décembre 2021 portant changement du nom de communes
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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