La Llagonne

La Llagonne La Llaguna
Commune
An aerial view of La Llagonne
Coat of arms
Location of La Llagonne
La Llagonne Show map of France La Llagonne Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°31′38″N 2°07′18″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Astruch[1]
Area ^1	23.09 km^2 (8.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	218
• Density	9.4/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66098 /66210
Elevation	1,546–2,196 m (5,072–7,205 ft) (avg. 1,657 m or 5,436 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Llagonne (French: [la jagɔn] ^ⓘ; Catalan: La Llaguna) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

La Llagonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of La Llagonne and its surrounding communes

History

First time skiing in the Pyrénées happened on January 29, 1901 at La Llagonne.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	164	—
1975	138	−2.44%
1982	214	+6.47%
1990	243	+1.60%
1999	263	+0.88%
2007	274	+0.51%
2012	238	−2.78%
2017	219	−1.65%
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. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE