Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

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Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Church of St. Martin in Odeillo.
Church of St. Martin in Odeillo.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is located in France
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is located in Languedoc-Roussillon
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Saillagouse
Government
 • Mayor Jean-Louis Demelin
Area1 29.60 km2 (11.43 sq mi)
Population (2007)2 1,992
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66124 / 66120
Elevation 1,312–2,212 m (4,304–7,257 ft)
(avg. 1,800 m or 5,900 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.

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Catalan: Font-romeu, Odelló i Vià), or Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France.

It also is one of the oldest ski resorts in France and the oldest in the Pyrenees.

Geography

Localization

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is located in the canton of Saillagouse and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via and its surrounding communes

Transportation

Demography

Population 1962-2008

Solar power

The solar furnace at Odeillo

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See also

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