Vinça
Vinçà | |
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![]() Vinça, the lake of Vinça and the Canigou | |
Coordinates: 42°38′46″N 2°31′46″E / 42.6461°N 2.5294°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Le Canigou |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Bruno Guerin[1] |
Area 1 | 7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,156 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66230 /66320 |
Elevation | 199–364 m (653–1,194 ft) (avg. 262 m or 860 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Vinça (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sa] ; Catalan: Vinçà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Vinça is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66230.png/300px-Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66230.png)
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,622 | — |
1975 | 1,587 | −0.31% |
1982 | 1,589 | +0.02% |
1990 | 1,655 | +0.51% |
1999 | 1,666 | +0.07% |
2007 | 1,856 | +1.36% |
2012 | 1,947 | +0.96% |
2017 | 2,075 | +1.28% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Transport
The N116 road passes close to the north of Vinça village.
Vinça railway station is on TER Occitanie line 24 (Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains – Perpignan).
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE