Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Christian Pallares^[1]Area87.87 km² (33.93 sq mi)Population554 • Density6.3/km² (16/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation1,235–2,886 m (4,052–9,469 ft)
(avg. 1,380 m or 4,530 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡustʁin vilnœv de.z‿ɛskald] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Angostrina i Vilanova de les Escaldes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Geography

Localisation

Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Louis Clerc	1973	1989
Jacques de Maury	1989	1995
Hélène Josende	1995	2020
Christian Pallares	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	505	—
1975	573	+1.82%
1982	556	−0.43%
1990	600	+0.96%
1999	549	−0.98%
2007	637	+1.88%
2012	691	+1.64%
2017	608	−2.53%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sites of interest

• Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, romanesque (12th c.).
• Saint-Martin d'Envalls chapel, romanesque.
• Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire de Villeneuve-des-Escaldes church, romanesque.
• The new Saint-André d'Angoustrine church, built in the 19th century.

See also