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Las Illas

Coordinates: 42°25′33″N 2°47′06″E / 42.42583°N 2.78500°E / 42.42583; 2.78500
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Las Illas

Las Illas (in Catalan: Les Illes) is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales (France), now part of Maureillas-las-Illas.

Geography

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Las Illas is located south of Maureillas and north of Maçanet de Cabrenys (Catalonia, Spain).

History

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Las Illas became a commune in 1790.

Las Illas was only linked to the electricity network on 26 July 1955. The commune had repeatedly asked to have electricity since 1923.[1]

On 20 June 1972, Las Illas was linked with Maureillas and Riunoguès to create the new commune of Maureillas-las-Illas.[2]

Politics and administration

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The town hall

Mayors

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Mayor Term start Term end
François Dabouzi[3] 1945 1947
Antoine Auriol[3] 1947 1952
François Dabouzi[3] 1952 1953
Marguerite Dabouzi March 1965 June 1965
René Guidicelli 1965? ?
Raymond Commenge ? 1972

Demography

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Demography of Las Illas.[2]

Population under the Ancien Régime is calculated either in number of feu fiscal (f, fire tax), or in number of inhabitants.

1365 f 1378 f 1470 f 1515 f 1553 f 1720 f 1730 f 1755 f 1767 1774 1789 f 1794 1795 1796
14 12 4 4 3 5 7 20 110 84 24 91 101 104
1800 1804 1806 1820 1826 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851 1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881
131 122 129 205 236 269 249 233 281 289 305 280 264 314 237 237
1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1968
228 198 181 191 209 192 119 119 85 84 119 67 57 60

After 1975, see Maureillas-las-Illas#Population

Sites of interest

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  • The romanesque church of Notre-Dame du Remède.
  • The war memorial.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
  2. ^ a b Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986, 378 p. (ISBN 2-222-03821-9)
  3. ^ a b c André Balent, Dabouzi, François, Dictionnaire Maitron

42°25′33″N 2°47′06″E / 42.42583°N 2.78500°E / 42.42583; 2.78500