Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
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Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
Sant Genís de Fontanes | |
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 A view of the bell-towers of the old abbey of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines | |
Location of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°32′33″N 2°55′22″E / 42.5425°N 2.9228°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Vallespir-Albères |
| Intercommunality | CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Nathalie Regond-Planas[1] |
| Area 1 | 9.90 km2 (3.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,911 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66175 /66740 |
| Elevation | 24–102 m (79–335 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒenis de fɔ̃tɛn] ; Occitan: Sant Genís de Fontanes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,051 | — |
| 1975 | 1,107 | +0.74% |
| 1982 | 1,298 | +2.30% |
| 1990 | 1,744 | +3.76% |
| 1999 | 2,419 | +3.70% |
| 2007 | 2,783 | +1.77% |
| 2012 | 2,748 | −0.25% |
| 2017 | 2,826 | +0.56% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Sites of interest
[edit]Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is home to a Benedictine abbey, founded in the late 8th or early 9th century.
See also
[edit]References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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