Fosse (French pronunciation: [fos] (listen); Occitan: Fòssa; Catalan: Fossa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Fosse
Fòssa | |
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Commune | |
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Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 2°25′55″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Agly Fenouillèdes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Malaprade[1] |
Area 1 | 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
Population | 41 |
• Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66083 /66220 |
Elevation | 453–689 m (1,486–2,260 ft) (avg. 488 m or 1,601 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Fosse is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Jean-Pierre Pellissier[3] | ca. 1803 | ? |
Germain Pellissier[3] | before 1815 | ? (reelected in 1815) |
A. Pélissier[3] | ca. 1937 | ? |
Hervé Pagane[4] | 2001 | 2008 |
Michel Garrigue[4] | 2008 | 2020 |
Christophe Malaprade[4] | 2020 | incumbent |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 61 | — |
1975 | 41 | −5.52% |
1982 | 50 | +2.88% |
1990 | 34 | −4.71% |
1999 | 39 | +1.54% |
2007 | 40 | +0.32% |
2012 | 39 | −0.51% |
2017 | 40 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
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