Calmeilles (; ; ) is a commune in the

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spain, Spanish ...

department in southern

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. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Aspres region, a small Roussillon territory between the Têt valley in the North and the

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valley in the South. Exposed to a principally oceanic climate, it is drained by the Canterrane and

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rivers, and various other smaller ones. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage made up of three natural areas of ecological, faunal and floral interest. Calmeilles is a rural commune with 60 inhabitants in 2021, having experienced a peak population of 384 in 1821. It is part of the “aire d'attraction de Perpignan” (Perpignan attraction area). Its inhabitants are called Calmeillens or Calmeillennes.

Geography

Calmeilles is in the

canton of Les Aspres The Canton of Les Aspres is a French canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Occitanie. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was created including 17 communes from the canton of Thuir, 4 from ...

and in the

arrondissement of Céret The arrondissement of Céret is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department ( Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 134,629 (2021), and its area is . Composition The commune ...

. It is 24 km (as the crow flies) from Perpignan,

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of the

department, 10 km from

Céret Céret (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Comarques of Catalonia, Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Geography The town lies in ...

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, and 11 km from

Thuir Thuir (; Catalan: Tuïr, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France. Geography Thuir is located southwest of Perpignan, in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Ceret. It is situated in a plain ...

, the seat of the canton of Les Aspres on which the commune has depended since 2015 for departmental elections. The commune is also part of the “ bassin de vie” of Céret. The nearest municipalities are: Oms (2.0 km), Taillet (2.8 km),

Caixas Caixas (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Caixas is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors Pop ...

(3.5 km),

Prunet-et-Belpuig Prunet-et-Belpuig (; ) is a commune in Roussillon in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is made up of the hamlets of Prunet (geographically of Roussillon) and Bellpuig (geographically of Vallespir), as well as the sanctu ...

(4.2 km), Saint-Marsal (4.6 km), Taulis (4.6 km), Montauriol (4.9 km), and

Llauro Llauro (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Llauro is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population Sites of interest * Saint Martin church ...

(5.7 km). Historically and culturally, Calmeilles is part of the Aspres region. Between the valleys of Têt to the North and the

to the South, the tiny

Roussillon Roussillon ( , , ; , ; ) was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and French Cerdagne, part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the region of ' ...

territory takes its name from the stony nature of the soil found there. Map commune FR insee code 66032

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