Calmeilles

Calmeilles Calmella
Commune
A street leading to the small square of Pedrissos, in Calmeilles
Location of Calmeilles
(2020–2026)		Gérard Chinaud[1]
Area 1	13.22 km2 (5.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	60
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66032 /66400
Elevation	256–784 m (840–2,572 ft) (avg. 469 m or 1,539 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Calmeilles (French pronunciation: [kalmɛj] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Calmella) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Aspres region, a small Roussillon territory between the Têt valley in the North and the Tech valley in the South.

Exposed to a principally oceanic climate, it is drained by the Canterrane and Ample 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

Localisation

Calmeilles is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Government and politics

Mayors

Population

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

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