Tautavel

Commune in Occitania, France

Tautavel Talteüll
Commune
The town hall of Tautavel
Coat of arms
Location of Tautavel
(2020–2026)		Francis Alis^[1]
Area ¹	53.47 km² (20.64 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	877
• Density	16/km² (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66205 /66720
Elevation	65–566 m (213–1,857 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tautavel (French pronunciation: [totavɛl] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Talteüll) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

It is home to The European Centre for Prehistoric Research (CERP). Tautavel Man, an early hominid and some of the oldest human remains in Europe, was found in Caune de l'Arago, a cave in the commune.

Geography

Tautavel is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	947	—
1975	776	−2.80%
1982	654	−2.41%
1990	738	+1.52%
1999	851	+1.60%
2007	903	+0.74%
2012	869	−0.76%
2017	866	−0.07%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE