Vingrau (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃ɡʁo] (listen); Catalan: Vingrau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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Commune | |
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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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