Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales

Commune in Occitania, France

Les Angles Els Angles
Commune
Les Angles in winter
Location of Les Angles
(2020–2026)		Michel Poudade^[1]
Area ¹	43.20 km² (16.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	539
• Density	12/km² (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66004 /66210
Elevation	1,531–2,808 m (5,023–9,213 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Angles (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɑ̃ɡl] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Els Angles, Catalan pronunciation: [əlz ˈaŋɡləs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Legend has it that at the beginning of the XIV century, the Black Death wiped out the entire population of the former village of Vallsera. Only two sisters survived, they are believed to have donated all of the land to the commune of Les Angles.^[3]

Geography

Localisation

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

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Christian Blanc	2001	2014
Michel Poudade	2014

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	277	—
1975	351	+3.44%
1982	475	+4.42%
1990	528	+1.33%
1999	590	+1.24%
2007	565	−0.54%
2012	541	−0.86%
2017	547	+0.22%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

Activities in Les Angles

^ "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 Plague on You". www.anglophone-direct.com. 5 February 2018.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE