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Villefranche-de-Conflent (French pronunciation: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ də kɔ̃flɑ̃] (listen); Catalan: Vilafranca de Conflent) is historically a town in the Conflent region of Catalonia, and now a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[2]

Villefranche-de-Conflent
Vilafranca de Conflent
Commune
A view of Villefranche
Location of Villefranche-de-Conflent
Villefranche-de-Conflent
Villefranche-de-Conflent
Coordinates: 42°35′13″N 2°22′01″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Patrick Lecroq
Area
1
4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
210
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66223 /66500
Elevation390–1,395 m (1,280–4,577 ft)
(avg. 432 m or 1,417 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


Villefranche-de-Conflent is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.[2]

Map of Villefranche-de-Conflent and its surrounding communes
Map of Villefranche-de-Conflent and its surrounding communes

The town's confined site, at about 440 m above sea level, is relatively level ground surrounded by


Transport


Roads

The N116 from Perpignan on the Mediterranean passes, as a two-lane highway, between the southern town wall and an embankment cut into the high ground to the south; this route continues west into the adjacent Cerdagne region.

Train

The town's train station starts and ends the route of the scenic Yellow train.


History


The town's access to the French Cerdagne makes it an important strategic location. It was already occupied by Celtic tribes, and then by Romans, Visigoths, Muslim Moors, and then the Spanish. Fortifications around the town were built by the counts of Conflent at the end of the 9th century;[3] in 1374, Villefranche resisted the siege of Jaume III the son of last king of Majorca.[citation needed] In the mid-1400s, when it was a Spanish possession, parts were adapted to allow for firearms.[3] In July 1654, the French captured the city after eight days, and the troops of Louis XIV took Puigcerda from the Spaniards.[citation needed] When the territory was ceded to the French after the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), the town became an important French defense against possible Spanish incursions. The town was part of the program of construction and improvement of outlying French defenses, which included building the Fort Libéria on a hill above the village by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the military engineer of Louis XIV,[3] and as such was listed as a World Heritage Site in 2008.[4]

The defensive walls of the town remain.

Villefranche-de-Conflent, viewed from the north

Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 507    
1975 435−2.16%
1982 294−5.44%
1990 261−1.48%
1999 225−1.64%
2007 235+0.55%
2012 229−0.52%
2017 213−1.44%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also



Notes


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. INSEE commune file
  3. Lepage, Jean-Denis G.G. (2009). Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV: An Illustrated History of Fortifications and Strategies. McFarland. pp. 223–25. ISBN 9780786456987.
  4. "Fortifications of Vauban". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

References






На других языках


[de] Villefranche-de-Conflent

Villefranche-de-Conflent (katalanisch Vilafranca de Conflent) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 210 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) in den Pyrenäen, am Nordfuß des Pic du Canigou am Ufer der Têt. Sie liegt in der Region Okzitanien (vor 2016 Languedoc-Roussillon) im Département Pyrénées-Orientales, etwa 50 km westlich von Perpignan und etwa 5 km westlich von Prades. Die Gemeinde ist Teil des Regionalen Naturparks Pyrénées Catalanes.
- [en] Villefranche-de-Conflent

[es] Vilafranca de Conflent

Villefranche-de-Conflent (en catalán, Vilafranca de Conflent), es una comuna francesa y pequeña villa medieval clasificada como una de Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, situada en el departamento de Pirineos Orientales en la región de Occitania y comarca histórica del Conflent.

[ru] Вильфранш-де-Конфлан

Вильфранш-де-Конфлан (фр. Villefranche-de-Conflent, кат. Vilafranca de Conflent) — исторический город в каталонском районе Конфлан, ныне деревня и коммуна на юге Франции, в кантоне Прад одноимённого округа (департамент Восточные Пиренеи, Окситания). Входит в список «Самых красивых деревень Франции»[1]. Крепостные сооружения в составе других фортификаций маркиза де Вобана внесены в список объектов всемирного наследия.



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