Montalba-le-Château

Montalba-le-Château Montalban del Castèlh (Occitan)
Commune
A general view of Montalba-le-Château
Coat of arms
Location of Montalba-le-Château
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Coordinates: 42°41′48″N 2°33′38″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de la Têt
Intercommunality	Roussillon Conflent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Martinez[1]
Area ^1	15.9 km^2 (6.1 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	158
• Density	9.9/km^2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66111 /66130
Elevation	280–661 m (919–2,169 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montalba-le-Château (French: [mɔ̃talba l(ə) ʃɑto] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Montalban del Castèlh; Catalan: Montalbà del Castell) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Montalba-le-Château is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Montalba-le-Château and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	203	—
1975	156	−3.69%
1982	121	−3.56%
1990	111	−1.07%
1999	120	+0.87%
2007	142	+2.13%
2012	148	+0.83%
2017	149	+0.13%
Source: INSEE[3]

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-66111. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE