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Commune in Occitania, France
Peyrestortes Paretstortes
Commune
The town hall in PeyrestortesThe town hall in Peyrestortes
Coat of arms of PeyrestortesCoat of arms
Location of Peyrestortes
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Coordinates: 42°45′18″N 2°51′09″E / 42.755°N 2.8525°E / 42.755; 2.8525
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLe Ribéral
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Dario
Area7.96 km (3.07 sq mi)
Population1,808
 • Density230/km (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code66138 /66600
Elevation35–97 m (115–318 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peyrestortes (French pronunciation: [peʁɛstɔʁt] ; Catalan: Paretstortes) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Peyrestortes is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Peyrestortes and its surrounding communes

History

Battle

On 17 September 1793, French forces of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees defeated two divisions of the Spanish Army of Catalonia at the Battle of Peyrestortes. General of Division Eustache Charles d'Aoust led his division to attack Lieutenant General (LG) Juan de Courten's Spanish troops at Le Vernet north of Perpignan. At the same time General of Brigade Antoine Goguet's French division assaulted the camp of LG Jerónimo Girón-Moctezuma, Marquis de las Amarilas on the hill south of Peyrestortes. The beaten Spanish troops, which were under the overall command of Captain General Antonio Ricardos withdrew south to Trouillas. A monument about one km southeast of the village and adjacent to the Perpignan-Rivesaltes International Airport commemorates the victory.

A la mémoire de l'armée des Pyrénées-Orientales qui combattirent à Peyrestortes sous la conduite des conventionnels Cassanyes, Fabre, des généraux Daoust et Goguet.

An English translation is as follows.

To the memory of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees who fought at Peyrestortes under the command of deputies Cassanyes, Fabre, of generals Daoust and Goguet.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 632—    
1975 692+1.30%
1982 865+3.24%
1990 1,286+5.08%
1999 1,430+1.19%
2007 1,364−0.59%
2012 1,365+0.01%
2017 1,427+0.89%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Prats, Detruire Tout, Pour Oublier
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department


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