Oreilla

Oreilla (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɛja] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Orellà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Oreilla
Commune
The upper village of Oreilla
Location of Oreilla
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Coordinates: 42°33′37″N 2°15′16″E / 42.5603°N 2.2544°E / 42.5603; 2.2544
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Rodriguez^[1]
Area ^1	16.03 km^2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	26
• Density	1.6/km^2 (4.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66128 /66360
Elevation	620–2,089 m (2,034–6,854 ft) (avg. 873 m or 2,864 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

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

 

Map of Oreilla and its surrounding communes

History

Oreilla is the commune of France which suffered the highest ratio of losses during the First World War: 20 men were drafted, 18 were killed in action, which represented 13% of the whole population of the village (the national average was 3.53%)^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	39	—
1975	30	−3.68%
1982	25	−2.57%
1990	27	+0.97%
1999	15	−6.32%
2007	15	+0.00%
2012	13	−2.82%
2017	23	+12.09%
Source: INSEE^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Man dressed as a French soldier of the World war I". www.gettyimages.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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