Torreilles

Torreilles (Catalan: Torrelles de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Torreilles

Torrelles de la Salanca
The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles
Coat of arms
Location of Torreilles
Torreilles
Torreilles
Coordinates: 42°45′21″N 2°59′41″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLa Côte Salanquaise
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Louis Carles (PR)
Area
1
17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,812
  Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66212 /66440
Elevation0–8 m (0–26 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Torreilles is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Torreilles and its surrounding communes

Population

Population 1962-2008

Sites of interest

  • The pre-Romanesque Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse church.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.



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