Font-Romeu
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Church of St. Martin in Odeillo.
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 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Location within Occitanie region
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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| Coordinates: 42°29′54″N 2°02′05″E / 42.4983°N 2.0347°ECoordinates: 42°29′54″N 2°02′05″E / 42.4983°N 2.0347°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
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| • Mayor | Jean-Louis Demelin |
| Area1 | 29.60 km2 (11.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)2 | 1,992 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66124 /66120 |
| Elevation | 1,312–2,212 m (4,304–7,257 ft) (avg. 1,800 m or 5,900 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Catalan: Font-romeu, Odelló i Vià), or Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France.
It also is one of the oldest ski resorts in France and the oldest in the Pyrenees.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
The names of Odeillo and Via appear in 839 as parrochia Hodellone et parrochia Avizano.
The name of Font-Romeu means in Catalan : fountain of the pilgrim.
Odeillo and Via are both mentioned for the first time in 839 among the places paying a fee to La Seu d'Urgell church. Nevertheless, Odeillo was at the time part of the County of Cerdanya, while Via was a property of the Urg family.
On July 15th of 1035, Wifred II, Count of Cerdanya gives Odeillo to the Abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, where he retires himself a short time before his death. The Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa also owned a few allods in Odeillo, as recognized by a papal bull from Sergius IV in 1011.
Via remains a property of the Urg family until the 13th century. It is then bought by Peter of Fenouillet, viscount of Fenouillet and then viscount of Ille.
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