Alénya

Alénya

The town hall in Alénya

Coat of arms
Alénya

Coordinates: 42°38′27″N 2°58′57″E / 42.6408°N 2.9825°E / 42.6408; 2.9825Coordinates: 42°38′27″N 2°58′57″E / 42.6408°N 2.9825°E / 42.6408; 2.9825
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton La Côte Radieuse
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Sud Roussillon
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean-André Magdalou
Area1 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 3,283
  Density 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66002 / 66200
Elevation 3–18 m (9.8–59.1 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 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.

Alénya (Catalan: Alenyà) is a commun in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

The village is surrounded by wine fields. Apricot and peach are also grown here.

Geography

Localisation

Alénya covers an area of 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi), with 434 inhabitants per km². It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) from Perpignan and borders the municipalities of Saint-Nazaire, Canet-en-Roussillon, Saint-Cyprien, Elne, Corneilla del Vercol, Théza, and Saleilles. Alénya has a Mediterranean climate.

Alénya is located in the canton of La Côte Radieuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Alénya and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

History

Alénya was first inhabited by the Celts and was conquered by the Romans in c. 121 BC. It was first mentioned in 904 in a document mentioning towns on the Elne.

Before 1214 Alénya was only a small hamlet with little importance. That was the year its first church was built. A second church which still stands today was built in 1593. Among its attractions is a statue of the Virgin Mary from the fifteenth century.[1]

Government and politics

Canton

In 1790, the commune of Alénya is included into the canton of Elne, then part of the Perpignan district. It is moved to the canton of East-Perpignan in 1801, before being included into the canton of Perpignan-3 in 1973 and, finally, into the canton of La Côte Radieuse in 1982.[2] Following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, Alénya is now part of the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris.[3]

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Simone Parrot 1965 1983
Jacques Pumareda 2001 2014
Jean-André Magdalou 2014

Population

The people of Alénya are called Alényanais.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962661    
1968678+2.6%
19751,006+48.4%
19821,211+20.4%
19901,562+29.0%
19992,318+48.4%
20062,780+19.9%
20093,020+8.6%

Sites of interest

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alénya.

References

  1. Alénya History (in French)
  2. Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
  3. Légifrance, Décret n°2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales.
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