Villelongue-dels-Monts
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 42°31′35″N 2°54′15″E / 42.5264°N 2.9042°ECoordinates: 42°31′35″N 2°54′15″E / 42.5264°N 2.9042°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Céret | |
| Canton | Vallespir-Albères | |
| Intercommunality | Albères | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Christian Nifosi | |
| Area1 | 11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,346 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66225 /66740 | |
| Elevation | 36–1,030 m (118–3,379 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 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.
Villelongue-dels-Monts (Catalan: Vilallonga dels Monts) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
The inhabitants are called Villelonguais.
Villelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, 33 km south of Perpignan, 18 km east from the mediterranean sea and 17 km from the Spanish border by Le Perthus, in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Its close neighbouring communities are : in the north Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Brouilla and Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines ; in the east Laroque-des-Albères ; in the south l'Albère and in the west Montesquieu-des-Albères.
With a surface of 1155 hectars, the territory represents a form at the same time narrow and long (2 km from east to west and 8 km from north to south). The commune is structured by 3 bigger roads: the RD618 towards Argelès-sur-mer and the RN114 towards Perpignan, the RD11 allowing to join Montesquieu-of-Albères to the west and Laroque-of-Albères and Sorède to the east; the RD11a allows to join the RD618 over a south-north axis.
Villelongue-dels-Monts is named after the peak above the village which means « Villelongue-du-Mont ». It was mentioned for the first time in 981. Eventually, the monastery of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines possessed a freehold on "Villalonga". The phrase "Castrum Sancti Christophori" appeared in 1095 to indicate the fortress constructed on the rocky peak.
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