Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
A general view of Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Saillagouse
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Hélène Josende
Area1	87.87 km2 (33.93 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	691
• Density	7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	66005 / 66760
Elevation	1,235–2,886 m (4,052–9,469 ft) (avg. 1,380 m or 4,530 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (Catalan: Angostrina i Vilanova de les Escaldes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the canton of Saillagouse and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Louis Clerc	1973	1989
Jacques de Maury	1989	1995
Hélène Josende	1995

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	494	—
1968	505	+2.2%
1975	573	+13.5%
1982	556	−3.0%
1990	600	+7.9%
1999	549	−8.5%
2006	667	+21.5%
2009	643	−3.6%

Sites of interest

• Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, romanesque (12th c.).
• Saint-Martin d'Envalls chapel, romanesque.
• Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire de Villeneuve-des-Escaldes church, romanesque.
• The new Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, built in the 19th century.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file