Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Saillagouse |
Mayor | Pierre Bosselut (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 1,312 m–2,212 m (avg. 1,800 m) |
Land area¹ | 29.60 km² |
Population² (1999) |
2,003 |
- Density | 67/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 66124/ 66120 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Catalan: Font Romeu, Odelló i Vià) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département (Northern Catalonia), in southwestern France.
It is noted as the site of the world's largest solar furnace, in Odeillo.
[edit] Transportation
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is served by the Yellow train line, a railway which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent through to Mont-Louis.
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