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Sournia (French pronunciation: [suʁnja] (listen); Catalan: Sornià; Occitan: Sornhan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Its inhabitants are known as Sourniannais.

Sournia
Sornià
Sornhan
Commune
A general view of Sournia
Location of Sournia
Sournia
Sournia
Coordinates: 42°43′43″N 2°26′34″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Yvon Crambes
Area
1
29.99 km2 (11.58 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
498
  Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66198 /66730
Elevation380–1,234 m (1,247–4,049 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


Sournia is a town of the Fenouillèdes, the languedocienne part of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Prades. The river Désix runs through the village. Sournia is 22 km from Ille-sur-Têt and from Vinça, 24 km from Prades and from Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, 30 km from Latour-de-France and 34 km from Axat.
The commune is covered by the quality wine standard AOC 'Côtes-du-Roussillon'.
Sournia is crossed by the long-distance footpath, GR 36.

Map of Sournia and its surrounding communes
Map of Sournia and its surrounding communes

Administration


The current mayor of Sournia is Paul Blanc, a senator, of the centre-right and right wing party UMP founded by Jacques Chirac.


Population


The population of Sournia in 2017 was 498 people. For some reason at the end of the 19th century, the population of Sournia seemed to have a reputation for having one of the longest longevity in France, even though this fact was not clearly verified.[2]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 761    
1800 814+0.97%
1806 812−0.04%
1821 882+0.55%
1831 929+0.52%
1836 957+0.60%
1841 933−0.51%
1846 945+0.26%
1851 1,073+2.57%
1856 1,006−1.28%
1861 950−1.14%
1866 921−0.62%
1872 885−0.66%
1876 850−1.00%
1881 765−2.09%
1886 725−1.07%
1891 686−1.10%
1896 634−1.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 604−0.96%
1906 604+0.00%
1911 583−0.71%
1921 463−2.28%
1926 410−2.40%
1931 424+0.67%
1936 389−1.71%
1946 382−0.18%
1954 347−1.19%
1962 351+0.14%
1968 339−0.58%
1975 296−1.92%
1982 339+1.96%
1990 376+1.30%
1999 367−0.27%
2007 419+1.67%
2012 494+3.35%
2017 498+0.16%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Places of interest



See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Record de longévité à Sournia en 1897 , 3 January 2015
  3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sournia, EHESS. (in French)
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



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Sournia en francés y oficialmente, Sornhan en occitano, es una pequeña localidad y comuna francesa, situada en el departamento de Pirineos Orientales en la región de Languedoc-Rosellón y comarca histórica de Fenolleda. Se encuentra atravesada por el río Désix.



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