Sournia

Sournia
Sornian

A general view of Sournia

Coat of arms
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
Area1 29.99 km2 (11.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 367
 • 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)

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

See also

References

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