Vingrau (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃ɡʁo] (
listen); Catalan: Vingrau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Vingrau | |
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Commune | |
A general view of Vingrau | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Vingrau ![]() | |
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| Coordinates: 42°50′56″N 2°46′45″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Camps[1] |
| Area 1 | 32.12 km2 (12.40 sq mi) |
| Population | 574 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66231 /66600 |
| Elevation | 119–575 m (390–1,886 ft) (avg. 322 m or 1,056 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vingrau is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

The townhall of Vingrau was destroyed by a fire in 1935, with all the municipal archives, and causing the death of a local roadman.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 563 | — |
| 1975 | 490 | −1.96% |
| 1982 | 475 | −0.44% |
| 1990 | 426 | −1.35% |
| 1999 | 469 | +1.07% |
| 2007 | 565 | +2.36% |
| 2012 | 644 | +2.65% |
| 2017 | 606 | −1.21% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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