Fosse
Fòssa | |
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Location of Fosse | |
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Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 2°25′55″E / 42.7892°N 2.4319°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Agly Fenouillèdes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Malaprade[1] |
Area 1 | 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
Population | 41 |
• Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66083 /66220 |
Elevation | 453–689 m (1,486–2,260 ft) (avg. 488 m or 1,601 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Fosse (French pronunciation: [fos] ; ⓘOccitan: Fòssa; Catalan: Fossa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Fosse is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Fosse and its surrounding communes
Government and politics
Mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Jean-Pierre Pellissier[3] | ca. 1803 | ? |
Germain Pellissier[3] | before 1815 | ? (reelected in 1815) |
A. Pélissier[3] | ca. 1937 | ? |
Hervé Pagane[4] | 2001 | 2008 |
Michel Garrigue[4] | 2008 | 2020 |
Christophe Malaprade[4] | 2020 | incumbent |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 61 | — |
1975 | 41 | −5.52% |
1982 | 50 | +2.88% |
1990 | 34 | −4.71% |
1999 | 39 | +1.54% |
2007 | 40 | +0.32% |
2012 | 39 | −0.51% |
2017 | 40 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Reconduction du maire de Fosse, 24 juin 1815 , 23 June 2014
- 1 2 3 Village de Fosse, annuaire-mairie.fr, accessed 18 May 2021
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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