Brouilla

Brouilla (French pronunciation: [bʁuja] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Esclafit; Catalan: Brullà [bɾuˈʎa]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Brouilla Brullà (Catalan)
Commune
The church of Sainte-Marie, in Brouilla
Location of Brouilla
Brouilla Show map of France Brouilla Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°34′03″N 2°54′16″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Taurinya[1]
Area 1	7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,586
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym	brullanenc (ca)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66026 /66620
Elevation	27–108 m (89–354 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 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

Brouilla is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Map of Brouilla and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
François Nègre	1959	1971
Michel Capdet	1971	1991
Roger Parada	1991	1995
Pierre Taurinya	1995

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	537	—
1975	564	+0.70%
1982	616	+1.27%
1990	565	−1.07%
1999	630	+1.22%
2007	990	+5.81%
2012	1,155	+3.13%
2017	1,437	+4.47%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department