Rasiguères

Rasiguères is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Commune
A general view of Rasiguères
Coat of arms
Location of Rasiguères
Rasiguères Rasiguères
Coordinates: 42°46′00″N 2°36′34″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Chebille
Area ^1	13.72 km^2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	152
• Density	11/km^2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66158 /66720
Elevation	104–548 m (341–1,798 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Rasiguères is in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Rasiguères and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	228	—
1975	152	−5.63%
1982	162	+0.91%
1990	165	+0.23%
1999	168	+0.20%
2007	139	−2.34%
2012	167	+3.74%
2017	152	−1.86%
Source: INSEE[2]

Sites of interest

• A fortified tower from the 15th c. with remaining parts of ramparts.
• An old bridge from the 16th and 17th c. on the river Tournefort.
• The ruins of the Trémoine family castle with walls from the 13th c. and a tower from the 16th and 17th c.
• Ruins of the Castellas tower from the 12th and 13th c.
• The Saint John the Baptist Church from the 18th and 19th c.[3]
• Remains of an old church near the Tournefort bridge.
• Various old stone sheds in the vineyards.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
3. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Quête insistante du curé de Rasiguères en 1887 , 11 June 2015