Targasonne

Commune in Occitania, France

Targasonne Targasona
Commune
The THEMIS Solar Power tower.
Location of Targasonne
(2020–2026)		Maurice de Gerona^[1]
Area ¹	7.80 km² (3.01 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	195
• Density	25/km² (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66202 /66120
Elevation	1,383–2,123 m (4,537–6,965 ft) (avg. 1,597 m or 5,240 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Targasonne (French pronunciation: [taʁɡasɔn] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Targasona; before 2022: Targassonne^[3]) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.

Targasonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.

Geography

Targasonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix in the North-West at 61 kilometres and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the East.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	71	—
1975	65	−1.25%
1982	93	+5.25%
1990	133	+4.57%
1999	203	+4.81%
2007	200	−0.19%
2012	193	−0.71%
2017	184	−0.95%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.
^ Décret No. 2021-1921 du 30 décembre 2021 portant changement du nom de communes
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE