Claira

Claira Clairà
Commune
The church of Saint-Vincent, in Claira
Coat of arms
Location of Claira
Claira Show map of France Claira Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°45′40″N 2°57′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Côte Salanquaise
Intercommunality	Corbières Salanque Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Petit[1]
Area ^1	19.34 km^2 (7.47 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,801
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66050 /66530
Elevation	5–20 m (16–66 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Claira (French pronunciation: [klɛʁa] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Clairà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]

Geography

Claira is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Claira and its surrounding communes

Claira is located 5 km from Perpignan.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,446	—
1975	1,249	−2.07%
1982	1,415	+1.80%
1990	2,117	+5.16%
1999	2,625	+2.42%
2007	3,469	+3.55%
2012	3,756	+1.60%
2017	4,181	+2.17%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-66050. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Media related to Claira at Wikimedia Commons
• Histoire du Roussillon (French)