Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒenis de fɔ̃tɛn] ^ⓘ; Northern Catalan: Sant Genís de Fontanes [ˈsaɲ ʒəˈniz ðə funˈtanəs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines Sant Genís de Fontanes
Commune
A view of the bell-towers of the old abbey of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
Location of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
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Coordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Vallespir-Albères
Intercommunality	CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Regond-Planas[1]
Area 1	9.90 km2 (3.82 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,985
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66175 /66740
Elevation	24–102 m (79–335 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,051	—
1975	1,107	+0.74%
1982	1,298	+2.30%
1990	1,744	+3.76%
1999	2,419	+3.70%
2007	2,783	+1.77%
2012	2,748	−0.25%
2017	2,826	+0.56%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sites of interest

Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is home to a Benedictine abbey, founded in the late 8th or early 9th century.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department