Ayguatébia-Talau

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Commune in Occitania, France

Ayguatébia-Talau Aiguatèbia i Talau
Commune
A general view of Ayguatébia-Talau
Coat of arms
Location of Ayguatébia-Talau
(2020–2026)		Georges Vicens^[1]
Area ¹	29.68 km² (11.46 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	40
• Density	1.3/km² (3.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66010 /66360
Elevation	720–2,030 m (2,360–6,660 ft) (avg. 1,365 m or 4,478 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ayguatébia-Talau (French pronunciation: [aiɡwatebja talo] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Aiguatèbia i Talau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3] Prior to 1983, It was known as Ayguatébia.

Geography

Location

Ayguatébia-Talau is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Toponymy

Attested forms

The name of Ayguatébia appears in 958 as Aqua tebeda, immediately followed in 959 by Aquatepida. Villa Aque tepida is used during the 11th century and Aiguetevia is found in 1392. From the 17th century and on, the common forms are Aiguetebia and Ayguatebia. The modern spelling in Catalan is Aiguatèbia, but the traditional spelling, Ayguatèbia, should be preferred.^[4]

The name of Talau appears in 874 as Villa Talatio and in 876 as Talacho. Talazo, Talaz and Talaxo are used during the 10th century. Talau appears in the 13th century and is used since.^[4]

Etymology

The name of Ayguatébia comes from the Latin aqua tebeda, meaning lukewarm water, in relation with warm springs found in Ayguatébia.^[4]

The name of Talau comes from a pre-Latin radical, Tal or Tala, meaning a small plateau found above a cliff or a hill, which corresponds to the situation of the village of Talau, located above the valley of the Cabrils river.^[4]

History

The commune Ayguatébia-Talau was created on January 1, 1983, by uniting the former communes of Ayguatébia and Talau.^[3]

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Lucien Mitjaville	1983	2011
Marc Rousset	2011	2012
Lucien Mitjaville	2012	2014
Georges Vicens	2014

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	57	—
1975	35	−6.73%
1982	36	+0.40%
1990	45	+2.83%
1999	46	+0.24%
2007	45	−0.27%
2012	44	−0.45%
2017	38	−2.89%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Architecture

Saint-Felix and Saint-Armengol church in Ayguatébia
Saint-Stephen church in Talau
Saint-Michael of the Plans church

Notable people

Saint Ermengol (?–1035) was possibly born in Ayguatébia.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Commune d'Ayguatébia-Talau (66010), INSEE
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in French) Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE