Alénya
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Commune of Alénya | |
Location | |
Longitude | 02°58'57" E |
Latitude | 42°38'27" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Côte Radieuse |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 3 m–18 m (avg. 5 m) |
Land area¹ | 5.34 km² |
Population² (1999) |
2,318 |
- Density (1999) | 434/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 66002/ 66200 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Alénya is a village of about 3000 inhabitants in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France.
The village is surrounded by wine fields. Apricot and peach are also grown here.
[edit] Geography
Alénya covers an area of 5.34 km², with 434 inhabitants per km².
[edit] Demographics
- Populaton in 1962:661
- 1968:678
- 1975:1,006
- 1982:1,211
- 1990:1,562
- 1999:2,318
- 2006 (estimate): 3,021