Taillet

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Commune
The church in the village of Taillet
Coat of arms
Location of Taillet
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Coordinates: 42°31′41″N 2°40′22″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Le Canigou
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Raymond[1]
Area ^1	10.02 km^2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	105
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66199 /66400
Elevation	198–681 m (650–2,234 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Taillet (Catalan: Tellet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

As of 2017^[update] the population was 105.[3]

Geography

Taillet is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

The town is at the foot of the eastern end of the Pyrenees mountains, close to the border with the eastern tip of Spain, near the Mediterranean Sea. It mostly has lush forestland, some grazing land for animals and croplands.

Map of Taillet and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	56	—
1975	47	−2.47%
1982	52	+1.45%
1990	74	+4.51%
1999	83	+1.28%
2007	81	−0.30%
2012	126	+9.24%
2017	105	−3.58%
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. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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