Coustouges

Coustouges
A general view of Coustouges
Coustouges
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Coustouges
Coordinates: 42°22′07″N 2°39′02″E / 42.3686°N 2.6506°E / 42.3686; 2.6506Coordinates: 42°22′07″N 2°39′02″E / 42.3686°N 2.6506°E / 42.3686; 2.6506
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Malignon
Area¹	16.86 km² (6.51 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	134
• Density	7.9/km² (21/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	66061 / 66260
Elevation	411–1,120 m (1,348–3,675 ft) (avg. 827 m or 2,713 ft)
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.

Coustouges (Catalan: Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).

Geography

Coustouges is located in the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.

Map of Coustouges and its surrounding communes

History

Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century). It was a dependency of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.

Personalities linked to the commune

Francesc Sabaté Llopart (1915-1960), anarchist, anti-Francoist maquisard,spent several years in Coustouges
François Pinault, French entrepreneur, bought a house there in September 2004.