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Les Angles (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɑ̃ɡl] (listen); Catalan: Els Angles, Catalan pronunciation: [əlz ˈaŋɡləs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Les Angles
Els Angles
Commune
Les Angles in winter
Location of Les Angles
Les Angles
Les Angles
Coordinates: 42°34′42″N 2°04′30″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
IntercommunalityPyrénées catalanes
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Michel Poudade
Area
1
43.20 km2 (16.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
553
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66004 /66210
Elevation1,531–2,808 m (5,023–9,213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Legend has it that at the beginning of the XIV century, the Black Death wiped out the entire population of the former village of Vallsera. Only two sisters survived, they are believed to have donated all of the land to the commune of Les Angles.[2]


Geography



Localisation


Les Angles is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Les Angles and its surrounding communes
Map of Les Angles and its surrounding communes

Government and politics



Mayors


Mayor Term start Term end
Christian Blanc 2001 2014
Michel Poudade 2014
The Lac d'Aude, near the source of the river of the same name, in the commune of Les Angles.
The Lac d'Aude, near the source of the river of the same name, in the commune of Les Angles.

Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962255    
1968277+8.6%
1975351+26.7%
1982475+35.3%
1990528+11.2%
1999590+11.7%
2007565−4.2%
2009564−0.2%

See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "A Plague on You". www.anglophone-direct.com. 5 February 2018.






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