Serdinya

Serdinya (French pronunciation: [sɛʁdiɲa] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Serdinyà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Commune
Serdinya seen from Route nationale 116
Coat of arms
Location of Serdinya
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Coordinates: 42°34′08″N 2°19′20″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Conflent-Canigó
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Maydat[1]
Area 1	16.91 km2 (6.53 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	233
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66193 /66360
Elevation	449–1,792 m (1,473–5,879 ft) (avg. 530 m or 1,740 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Residents are Serdinya are called Serdinyanais in French and Serdinyanencs in Catalan.

Geography

Localisation

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

Map of Serdinya and its surrounding communes

Transport

Route nationale 116 (RN 116) connecting Perpignan and Bourg-Madame (near the Spanish and Andorran borders) passes through Serdinya. Serdinya station and Joncet station have rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

Politics and administration

Municipal administration

Serdinya town hall.

List of mayors

List of successive mayors of Serdinya

In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
March 1983	June 1995	Paul Maranges	DVD
June 1995	Incumbent	Jean-Marie Maydat	PS

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	307	—
1975	271	−1.77%
1982	233	−2.14%
1990	213	−1.12%
1999	233	+1.00%
2007	220	−0.72%
2012	207	−1.21%
2017	246	+3.51%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department