Le Perthus | |
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 View from the Fort de Bellegarde. To the right the Spanish village of Els Límits | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Le Perthus  | |
  Le Perthus  Le Perthus | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′54″N 2°51′48″E / 42.465°N 2.8633°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Vallespir-Albères |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Thadée[1] |
| Area 1 | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 560 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66137 /66480 |
| Elevation | 196–647 m (643–2,123 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Le Perthus[3] (French: [lə pɛʁtys] , Catalan: El Pertús, IPA: [əl pəɾˈtus]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3] Natives of Le Perthus are called Perthusiens and, in 2016, there were 586 inhabitants.
Le Perthus is also one of French territories on the Iberian Peninsula.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b INSEE commune file