Torreilles

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Torreilles
Torrelles de la Salanca
The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles
The Place Louis Blasi, in Torreilles
Coat of arms of Torreilles
Location of Torreilles
Map
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLa Côte Salanquaise
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Louis Carles (PR)
Area
1
17.14 km2 (6.62 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
2,072
 • Density120/km2 (310/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.

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

Geography

Torreilles is located in the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque 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