Escaro

Escaro (French pronunciation: [ɛskaʁo] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Escaró) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Escaro Escaró
Commune
A general view of Escaro
Location of Escaro
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Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 2°18′57″E / 42.5386°N 2.3158°E / 42.5386; 2.3158
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Conflent Canigó
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Aspe^[1]
Area ^1	15.21 km^2 (5.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	119
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66068 /66360
Elevation	588–2,082 m (1,929–6,831 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 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

Escaro is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

 

Map of Escaro and its surrounding communes

History

On 20 March 1822, the commune of Aytua is linked to Escaro.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	164	—
1975	92	−7.93%
1982	85	−1.12%
1990	102	+2.31%
1999	84	−2.13%
2007	89	+0.73%
2012	120	+6.16%
2017	106	−2.45%
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.
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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