Villefranche-de-Conflent

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Coordinates: 42°35′17″N 2°22′07″E / 42.5880555556, 2.36861111111

Commune of Villefranche-de-Conflent

Walls in Villefranche
Location
Villefranche-de-Conflent (France)
Villefranche-de-Conflent
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Prades
Mayor François Galte
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 390 m–1,395 m
(avg. 432 m)
Land area¹ 4.46 km²
Population²
(1999)		 225
 - Density 50/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66223/ 66500
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
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 one of the main stops for the Yellow train.

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