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CALMEILLES Latitude and Longitude:

42°33′11″N 2°40′30″E / 42.5531°N 2.675°E / 42.5531; 2.675
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Calmeilles
Calmella
A street leading to the small square of Pedrissos, in Calmeilles
A street leading to the small square of Pedrissos, in Calmeilles
Location of Calmeilles
Calmeilles is located in France
Calmeilles
Calmeilles
Calmeilles is located in Occitanie
Calmeilles
Calmeilles
Coordinates: 42°33′11″N 2°40′30″E / 42.5531°N 2.675°E / 42.5531; 2.675
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Les Aspres
IntercommunalityAspres
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Chinaud [1]
Area
1
13.22 km2 (5.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
60
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66032 /66400
Elevation256–784 m (840–2,572 ft)
(avg. 469 m or 1,539 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Calmeilles (French pronunciation: [kalmɛj] ; Catalan: Calmella) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Aspres region, a small Roussillon territory between the Têt valley in the North and the Tech valley in the South.

Exposed to a principally oceanic climate, it is drained by the Canterrane and Ample rivers, and various other smaller ones. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage made up of three natural areas of ecological, faunal and floral interest.

Calmeilles is a rural commune with 60 inhabitants in 2021, having experienced a peak population of 384 in 1821. It is part of the “aire d'attraction de Perpignan” (Perpignan attraction area). Its inhabitants are called Calmeillens or Calmeillennes.

Geography

Localisation

Calmeilles is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Calmeilles and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Brigitte Baux 2001 2014
Gérard Chinaud 2014

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 45—    
1975 46+0.31%
1982 37−3.06%
1990 41+1.29%
1999 42+0.27%
2007 61+4.78%
2012 65+1.28%
2017 59−1.92%
Source: INSEE [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE