Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans

Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans Sant Llorenç de Cerdans
Commune
The village and its church
Location of Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans
Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans Show map of France Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°23′12″N 2°36′50″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Louis Caseilles[1]
Area ^1	45.08 km^2 (17.41 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,020
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66179 /66260
Elevation	382–1,305 m (1,253–4,281 ft) (avg. 675 m or 2,215 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃ də sɛʁdɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Sant Llorenç de Cerdans) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Jacques Roitg	2008	2014
Louis Caseilles	2014

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,992	—
1975	1,807	−1.38%
1982	1,607	−1.66%
1990	1,489	−0.95%
1999	1,218	−2.21%
2007	1,288	+0.70%
2012	1,204	−1.34%
2017	1,098	−1.83%
Source: INSEE[3]

Culture

Aleksandra Fontaine opened a gallery in the village. ^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Goutorbe, Christian (2021-08-02). "Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, l'ébouriffante galerie d'art d'une ancienne danseuse du Lido". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.