Vinça

Vinça Vinçà
Commune
Vinça, the lake of Vinça and the Canigou
Coat of arms
Location of Vinça
Vinça Show map of France Vinça Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°38′46″N 2°31′46″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Le Canigou
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Bruno Guerin[1]
Area ^1	7.74 km^2 (2.99 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,156
• Density	280/km^2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66230 /66320
Elevation	199–364 m (653–1,194 ft) (avg. 262 m or 860 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vinça (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sa] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Vinçà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Vinça is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Vinça and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,622	—
1975	1,587	−0.31%
1982	1,589	+0.02%
1990	1,655	+0.51%
1999	1,666	+0.07%
2007	1,856	+1.36%
2012	1,947	+0.96%
2017	2,075	+1.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transport

The N116 road passes close to the north of Vinça village.

Vinça railway station is on TER Occitanie line 24 (Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains – Perpignan).

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. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE