Brouilla

Brouilla

The church of Sainte-Marie, in Brouilla
Brouilla

Coordinates: 42°34′03″N 2°54′16″E / 42.5675°N 2.9044°E / 42.5675; 2.9044Coordinates: 42°34′03″N 2°54′16″E / 42.5675°N 2.9044°E / 42.5675; 2.9044
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Thuir
Intercommunality Aspres
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Pierre Taurinya
Area1 7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 1,155
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66026 / 66620
Elevation 27–108 m (89–354 ft)
(avg. 46 m or 151 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Brouilla (Catalan: Brullà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Brouilla is located in the canton of Thuir and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Brouilla and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Villemolaque (by a quadripoint) Bages
Saint-Jean-Lasseille Ortaffa
    
Banyuls-dels-Aspres Villelongue-dels-Monts Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
François Nègre 1959 1971
Michel Capdet 1971 1991
Roger Parada 1991 1995
Pierre Taurinya 1995

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962530—    
1968537+1.3%
1975564+5.0%
1982616+9.2%
1990565−8.3%
1999630+11.5%
2007990+57.1%
20091,037+4.7%

See also

References

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