Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡustʁin vilnœv de.z‿ɛskald] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Angostrina i Vilanova de les Escaldes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°28′43″N 1°57′12″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Pallares[1]
Area 1	87.87 km2 (33.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	548
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66005 /66760
Elevation	1,235–2,886 m (4,052–9,469 ft) (avg. 1,380 m or 4,530 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Louis Clerc	1973	1989
Jacques de Maury	1989	1995
Hélène Josende	1995	2020
Christian Pallares	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	505	—
1975	573	+1.82%
1982	556	−0.43%
1990	600	+0.96%
1999	549	−0.98%
2007	637	+1.88%
2012	691	+1.64%
2017	608	−2.53%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sites of interest

• Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, romanesque (12th c.).
• Saint-Martin d'Envalls chapel, romanesque.
• Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire de Villeneuve-des-Escaldes church, romanesque.
• The new Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, built in the 19th century.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department