Catllar

Catllar (French pronunciation: [kaja] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Catllà, IPA: [kəʎˈʎa]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Catllar Catllà
Commune
A general view of Catllar
Coat of arms
Location of Catllar
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Coordinates: 42°38′04″N 2°25′23″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Conflent-Canigó
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Josette Pujol[1]
Area 1	8.02 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	724
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66045 /66500
Elevation	288–771 m (945–2,530 ft) (avg. 338 m or 1,109 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

Catllar is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Catllar and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor [3]	Term start	Term end
Paul Bertran	1793	1793
Gaudérique Fuster	1793	1794
Paul Bertran	1795	1805
Jean Pallarès[4]	1805	June 4, 1815
Joseph Pallarès[4]	June 4, 1815	? 1815
Jean Pallarès	? 1815	1816
Jérôme Sabater	1816	1821
Raymond Vernis	1821	1830
Joseph Pallarès	1830	1831
Gabriel Vernis	1831	1835
Raymond Vernis	1835	1843
Alexandre Picon	1843	1884
Marcel Acezat	1884	1896
Hippolyte Freixe	1896	1904
Joseph Gueyne	1904	1912
Jean Marc	1912	1919
Joseph Marc	1919	1929
André Bernard	1929	1931
Jean Rous	1931	1935
Ange Carboneil	1935	1937
Barthélémy Vernet	1937	1941
Michel Grau	1944	1951
Vincent Gueyne	1951	1959
Roger Vernet	1959	1981
José Gali	1981	1991
Marcel Marc	1991	?
Jean Bigeat	2001	2008
Josette Pujol	2008

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	353	—
1975	535	+6.12%
1982	617	+2.06%
1990	692	+1.44%
1999	639	−0.88%
2007	693	+1.02%
2012	716	+0.66%
2017	771	+1.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department