Fontpédrouse

Fontpédrouse

Fontpedrosa
Fontpédrouse Fontpedrosa
Commune
	The church in Fontpédrouse
	Location of Fontpédrouse
	Fontpédrouse Fontpédrouse
	Coordinates: 42°30′46″N 2°10′51″E / 42.5128°N 2.1808°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Chantal Calvet
Area 1	64.35 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population (2021)	120
• Density	1.9/km2 (4.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66080 /66360
Elevation	880–2,865 m (2,887–9,400 ft) ; (avg. 1,062 m or 3,484 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fontpédrouse (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃pedʁuz] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Fontpédrouse is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Fontpédrouse-Saint-Thomas-les-Bains station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

On June 26, 1822 (202 years ago) (1822-06-26), the commune of Prats-Saint-Thomas was merged into Fontpédrouse.^[3]

In December 1932, parts of the hamlets of Prats-Saint-Thomas were destroyed because of heavy rains which caused several landslides.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ (in French) Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
^ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Pluies diluviennes en décembre 1932, 3 February 2014
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE