Sournia
| Sournia Sornian | |
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  Sournia | |
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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region  Sournia | |
| Coordinates: 42°43′43″N 2°26′34″E / 42.7286°N 2.4428°ECoordinates: 42°43′43″N 2°26′34″E / 42.7286°N 2.4428°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Sournia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Paul Blanc |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 29.99 km2 (11.58 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Population2 | 367 |
| • Population2 Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66198 / 66730 |
| Elevation |
380–1,234 m (1,247–4,049 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sournia (Sornian in the Occitan language) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of south-western France. Its inhabitants are known as Sourniannais.
Geography
Sournia is a town of the Fenouillèdes, the languedocienne part of the Pyrénées-Orientales, on the river Désix. Sournia is 22 km from Ille-sur-Têt and from Vinça, 24 km from Prades and from Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, 30 km from Latour-de-France and 34 km from Axat.
The commune is covered by the quality wine standard AOC 'Côtes-du-Roussillon'.
Sournia is crossed by the long distance footpath, GR 36.
Administration
The current mayor of Sournia is Paul Blanc, a senator, of the centre-right and right wing party UMP founded by Jacques Chirac.
Demography
The population of Sournia in 2006 was 414 people.
Graph of population change 1794-1999
Places of interest
- Ruins of the former church of Saint-Michel from the tenth century.
- The ancient church of Sainte-Félicité from the tenth and eleventh centuries.
- Church of Arsa from the twelfth century.
