Fontpédrouse (; ) 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
France
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.
Geography
Fontpédrouse is located in the
canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes
The canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Prades.
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and in the
arrondissement of Prades
The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 123 communes. Its population is 60,536 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes ...
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Fontpédrouse-Saint-Thomas-les-Bains station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.
History
On , the commune of
Prats-Saint-Thomas was merged into Fontpédrouse.
In December 1932, parts of the hamlets of Prats-Saint-Thomas were destroyed because of heavy rains which caused several landslides.
[ Fabricio Cardenas]
Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''Pluies diluviennes en décembre 1932''
3 February 2014
Population
See also
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Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department is composed of 226 communes of France, communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed a part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan lan ...
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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