Lesquerde

Lesquerde L'Esquerda
Commune
A general view of Lesquerde
Coat of arms
Location of Lesquerde
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Coordinates: 42°48′07″N 2°31′49″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Barthes[1]
Area ^1	15.67 km^2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	141
• Density	9.0/km^2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66097 /66220
Elevation	216–600 m (709–1,969 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lesquerde (French pronunciation: [lɛskɛʁd] ^ⓘ; Occitan: L'Esquèrda; Catalan: L'Esquerda) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

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

Map of Lesquerde and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	211	—
1975	172	−2.88%
1982	149	−2.03%
1990	124	−2.27%
1999	133	+0.78%
2007	152	+1.68%
2012	164	+1.53%
2017	133	−4.10%
Source: INSEE[3]

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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE