Targasonne

Targasonne (French pronunciation: [taʁɡasɔn] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Targasona; before 2022: Targassonne^[3]) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.

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Commune
The THEMIS Solar Power tower.
Location of Targasonne
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Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maurice de Gerona[1]
Area 1	7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	194
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66202 /66120
Elevation	1,383–2,123 m (4,537–6,965 ft) (avg. 1,597 m or 5,240 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hiking Trail near Targasonne.

Targasonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.

Geography

Targasonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades very close to the Spanish border and the exclave of Llívia. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix 61 kilometres to the northwest and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the east.

Map of Targasonne and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	71	—
1975	65	−1.25%
1982	93	+5.25%
1990	133	+4.57%
1999	203	+4.81%
2007	200	−0.19%
2012	193	−0.71%
2017	184	−0.95%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center
• Solar furnace in Odeillo
• Cerdanya