Vingrau

Vingrau is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Vingrau
Commune
A general view of Vingrau
Location of Vingrau
Vingrau Vingrau
Coordinates: 42°50′56″N 2°46′45″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
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 km^2 (12.40 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	606
• Density	19/km^2 (49/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Vingrau is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Vingrau and its surrounding communes

History

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]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Incendie de la mairie de Vingrau en 1935, 6 march 2014
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE