Ortaffa

Ortaffa (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtafa] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Ortafà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Ortaffa Hortafà
Commune
General view of the village.
Coat of arms
Location of Ortaffa
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Coordinates: 42°34′51″N 2°55′33″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	La Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymond Pla[1]
Area 1	8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,889
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66129 /66560
Elevation	19–90 m (62–295 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Ortaffa is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Ortaffa and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	534	—
1975	606	+1.82%
1982	636	+0.69%
1990	803	+2.96%
1999	1,093	+3.49%
2007	1,285	+2.04%
2012	1,270	−0.23%
2017	1,481	+3.12%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department