Villeneuve-de-la-Raho

Villeneuve-de-la-Raho Vilanova de Raò
Commune
View of the town across the "Lac de la Raho"
Coat of arms
Location of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
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Coordinates: 42°38′15″N 2°55′05″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Plaine d'Illibéris
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacqueline Irles[1]
Area ^1	11.41 km^2 (4.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,270
• Density	370/km^2 (970/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66227 /66180
Elevation	16–62 m (52–203 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (French pronunciation: [vilnœv də la ʁa.o] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Vilanova de Raó) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France.

Geography

Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. The town is the location of Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho.

Map of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	630	—
1975	908	+5.36%
1982	1,234	+4.48%
1990	3,189	+12.60%
1999	3,625	+1.43%
2007	3,763	+0.47%
2012	3,828	+0.34%
2017	3,926	+0.51%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho

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