Palau-de-Cerdagne

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Coordinates: 42°25′00″N 1°58′02″E / 42.4166666667, 1.96722222222

Commune of Palau-de-Cerdagne

Location
Palau-de-Cerdagne (France)
Palau-de-Cerdagne
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Saillagouse
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne
Mayor Isidore Peipoch
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 1151m–2203m
(avg. 1270m)
Land area¹ 11,50 km²
Population²
(1999)
424
 - Density 36/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66132/ 66340
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.
France


Palau-de-Cerdagne is a town and commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France. The people of the town celebrated the Xicolatada every year on August 16.

Coordinates: 42°25′N 1°57′E / 42.417, 1.95