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Clara-Villerach (French pronunciation: [klaʁa vijʁak] (listen); Catalan: Clarà i Villerac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]

Clara-Villerach Clarà i Villerac
Commune
The church of Saint Martin, in Clara
Location of Clara-Villerach
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Coordinates: 42°35′10″N 2°26′37″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Marcel[1]
Area 1	8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	265
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66051 /66500
Elevation	380–1,880 m (1,250–6,170 ft) (avg. 668 m or 2,192 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Clara-Villerach is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Toponymy

On February 7, 2017 the town's name changed from Clara to Clara-Villerach.[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	109	—
1975	106	−0.40%
1982	119	+1.67%
1990	153	+3.19%
1999	161	+0.57%
2007	241	+5.17%
2012	243	+0.17%
2017	256	+1.05%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

External links

• Media related to Clara-Villerach at Wikimedia Commons
• http://histoireduroussillon.free.fr/Villages/Histoire/Claira.php (in French)

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