Calce, Pyrénées-Orientales

Calce (French pronunciation: [kals] ; Catalan: Calce) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Calce
The château of Mas de Las Fons
The château of Mas de Las Fons
Coat of arms of Calce
Location of Calce
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Calce is located in France
Calce
Calce
Calce is located in Occitanie
Calce
Calce
Coordinates: 42°45′35″N 2°45′16″E / 42.7597°N 2.7544°E / 42.7597; 2.7544
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLe Ribéral
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bruno Valiente[1]
Area
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23.77 km2 (9.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
220
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66030 /66600
Elevation54–330 m (177–1,083 ft)
(avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Localisation

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Calce is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

 
Map of Calce and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

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Mayors

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Mayor Term start Term end
Gil Deluncle[3] ? 1815
Pierre Deluncle Vidal[3] 1815 ?
Paul Schramm 2001 2014
Bruno Valiente 2014

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 135—    
1975 116−2.14%
1982 124+0.96%
1990 161+3.32%
1999 185+1.56%
2007 225+2.48%
2012 217−0.72%
2017 210−0.65%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Calce, le 18 juin 1815, 14 january 2014
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE