Fosse, Pyrénées-Orientales

Fosse Fòssa
Commune
A general view of Fosse
Coat of arms
Location of Fosse
Fosse Show map of France Fosse Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 2°25′55″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Malaprade[1]
Area ^1	4.43 km^2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	41
• Density	9.3/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66083 /66220
Elevation	453–689 m (1,486–2,260 ft) (avg. 488 m or 1,601 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fosse (French pronunciation: [fos] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Fòssa; Catalan: Fossa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Fosse is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Fosse and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Jean-Pierre Pellissier[3]	ca. 1803	?
Germain Pellissier[3]	before 1815	? (reelected in 1815)
A. Pélissier[3]	ca. 1937	?
Hervé Pagane	2001	2008
Michel Garrigue	2008	2020
Christophe Malaprade	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	61	—
1975	41	−5.52%
1982	50	+2.88%
1990	34	−4.71%
1999	39	+1.54%
2007	40	+0.32%
2012	39	−0.51%
2017	40	+0.51%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Reconduction du maire de Fosse, 24 juin 1815 , 23 June 2014
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE