Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Villelongue-de-la-Salanque

(2020–2026) Whueymar Deffradas^[1]Area

7.21 km² (2.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,301 • Density460/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66224 /66410

Elevation5–15 m (16–49 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (French pronunciation: [vil.lɔ̃ɡ də la salɑ̃k] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Vilallonga de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Villelongue-de-la-Salanque is located in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,642	—
1975	1,548	−0.84%
1982	2,027	+3.93%
1990	2,139	+0.67%
1999	2,461	+1.57%
2007	2,912	+2.13%
2012	3,229	+2.09%
2017	3,254	+0.15%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE