Arboussols

Arboussols (Catalan: Arboçols) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Commune
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Coordinates: 42°39′52″N 2°29′10″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Étienne Surjus
Area ^1	14.08 km^2 (5.44 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	118
• Density	8.4/km^2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66007 /66320
Elevation	242–1,004 m (794–3,294 ft) (avg. 593 m or 1,946 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Arboussols is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Arboussols and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Éloi Aubert	1983	1989
Jean-Claude Delseny	2001	2014
Étienne Surjus	2014

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 137 —     1800 146 +6.6% 1806 139 −4.8% 1821 153 +10.1% 1831 198 +29.4% 1836 225 +13.6% 1841 219 −2.7% 1846 227 +3.7% 1851 205 −9.7% 1856 198 −3.4% 1861 186 −6.1% 1866 179 −3.8% 1872 212 +18.4% 1876 229 +8.0% 1881 229 +0.0% 1886 191 −16.6% 1891 220 +15.2% 1896 207 −5.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 202 −2.4% 1906 202 +0.0% 1911 189 −6.4% 1921 147 −22.2% 1926 143 −2.7% 1931 133 −7.0% 1936 138 +3.8% 1946 113 −18.1% 1954 129 +14.2% 1962 125 −3.1% 1968 104 −16.8% 1975 85 −18.3% 1982 81 −4.7% 1990 79 −2.5% 1999 95 +20.3% 2006 101 +6.3% 2009 104 +3.0%

Sites of interest

• The church of Saint Saviour in Arboussols ;
• The church of Saint Eulalia in Arboussols ;
• The medieval hamlet of Marcevol ;
• The priory of Marcevol ;
• The church of Our Lady of the Stairs in Marcevol ;
• The half-dolmen de la Llosa del Cortal dels Polls.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.