Villefranche-de-Conflent

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Commune of Villefranche-de-Conflent

Walls in Villefranche
Location
Longitude 02°22'07" E
Latitude 42°35'17" N
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Prades
Mayor François Galte
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 390 m–1,395 m
(avg. 432 m)
Land area¹ 4.46 km²
Population²
(1999)
225
 - Density (1999) 50/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66223/ 66500
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France
Fort Liberia above Villefranche. It is connected to the town by a subterranean passage.
Fort Liberia above Villefranche. It is connected to the town by a subterranean passage.

Villefranche-de-Conflent (Catalan Vilafranca de Conflent) is a small walled town in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, southwestern France.

The town is tightly packed within the original castle walls and is bounded on one side by the road running up into the Cerdagne and on the other by the Conflent.

It is well known as the starting point for the Yellow train.

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