Escaro (French pronunciation: [ɛskaʁo] (
listen); Catalan: Escaró) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Escaro
Escaró | |
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Commune | |
A general view of Escaro | |
Location of Escaro ![]() | |
Escaro Escaro | |
| Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 2°18′57″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Intercommunality | Conflent Canigó |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Daniel Aspe[1] |
| Area 1 | 15.21 km2 (5.87 sq mi) |
| Population | 108 |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66068 /66360 |
| Elevation | 588–2,082 m (1,929–6,831 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Escaro is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

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On 20 March 1822, the commune of Aytua is linked to Escaro.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 164 | — |
| 1975 | 92 | −7.93% |
| 1982 | 85 | −1.12% |
| 1990 | 102 | +2.31% |
| 1999 | 84 | −2.13% |
| 2007 | 89 | +0.73% |
| 2012 | 120 | +6.16% |
| 2017 | 106 | −2.45% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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