Villelongue-dels-Monts Vilallonga dels Monts | |
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| Coordinates:42°31′35″N2°54′15″E / 42.5264°N 2.9042°E /42.5264; 2.9042 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Vallespir-Albères |
| Intercommunality | CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Christian Nifosi[1] |
Area 1 | 11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,917 |
| • Density | 166.0/km2 (429.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66225 /66740 |
| Elevation | 36–1,030 m (118–3,379 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villelongue-dels-Monts (French pronunciation:[vil.lɔ̃ɡdɛlsmɔ̃ts]ⓘ;Catalan:Vilallonga dels Monts) is acommune in thePyrénées-Orientalesdepartment in southernFrance.[3]
The inhabitants are calledVillelonguais.
Villelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, 33 km south ofPerpignan, 18 km east from theMediterranean Sea and 17 km from the Spanish border byLe Perthus, in thecanton of Vallespir-Albères and in thearrondissement of Céret.
Its close neighbouring communities are : in the northBanyuls-dels-Aspres,Brouilla andSaint-Génis-des-Fontaines ; in the eastLaroque-des-Albères ; in the southl'Albère and in the westMontesquieu-des-Albères.
With a surface of 1155 hectares, the territory is narrow and long (2 km from east to west and 8 km from north to south).[4]
Villelongue-dels-Monts is named after the peak above the village which means « Villelongue-du-Mont ». It was mentioned for the first time in 981. Eventually, the monastery of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines possessed a freehold on "Villalonga". The phrase "Castrum Sancti Christophori" appeared in 1095 to indicate the fortress constructed on the rocky peak.
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The communal demography is marked by a certain stability between 1851 and 1975, fluctuating in a minimum of population of 408 in 1968 and a maximum of 533 in 1891, and alternating between the periods of growth and decline.
In 1975, Villelongue-dels-Monts began to grow. The population more than doubled in 30 years, from 513 inhabitants in 1975 to 1346 in 2006.
This growth is largely related to the growth of the metropolitan area of Perpignan.
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