Targassonne Targasona |
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Coordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°ECoordinates: 42°30′01″N 1°59′52″E / 42.5003°N 1.9978°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Saillagouse |
Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Pierre Will |
Area1 | 7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi) |
Population (2007)2 | 200 |
• Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Targassonne (in Catalan Targasona) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.
The town council and some maps use the name Targasonne.
Targassonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.
Targassonne is located in the canton of Saillagouse 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.