Osséja (French pronunciation: [ɔseʒa] (
listen); Catalan: Oceja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Osséja
Oceja | |
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Commune | |
The Lake of Osséja | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Osséja ![]() | |
Osséja Osséja | |
| Coordinates: 42°25′01″N 1°58′54″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roger Ciurana[1] |
| Area 1 | 17.13 km2 (6.61 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,350 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66130 /66340 |
| Elevation | 1,187–2,192 m (3,894–7,192 ft) (avg. 1,247 m or 4,091 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Osséja is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Osséja station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,082 | — |
| 1975 | 1,134 | +0.67% |
| 1982 | 1,279 | +1.73% |
| 1990 | 1,274 | −0.05% |
| 1999 | 1,282 | +0.07% |
| 2007 | 1,480 | +1.81% |
| 2012 | 1,400 | −1.11% |
| 2017 | 1,330 | −1.02% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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