Villeneuve-la-Rivière

Villeneuve-la-Rivière Vilanova de la Ribera
Commune
The town hall in Villeneuve-la-Rivière
Coat of arms
Location of Villeneuve-la-Rivière
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Coordinates: 42°41′40″N 2°48′15″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Le Ribéral
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Pascal[1]
Area ^1	4.38 km^2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,366
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66228 /66610
Elevation	48–115 m (157–377 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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-la-Rivière (French pronunciation: [vilnœv la ʁivjɛʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Vilanova de la Ribera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Villeneuve-la-Rivière is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Villeneuve-la-Rivière and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	632	—
1975	569	−1.49%
1982	910	+6.94%
1990	901	−0.12%
1999	1,052	+1.74%
2007	1,309	+2.77%
2012	1,290	−0.29%
2017	1,316	+0.40%
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