Arboussols

Arboussols, Arboçols
Commune
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Arboussols, Arboçols Location within France Arboussols, Arboçols Location within Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°39′52″N 2°29′10″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fernand Cabeza
Area 1	14.08 km2 (5.44 sq mi)
Elevation	593 m (1,946 ft)
Highest elevation	1,004 m (3,294 ft)
Lowest elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population  (2023)	130
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66007 /66320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arboussols (French pronunciation: [aʁbusɔls] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Arboçols) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Arboussols is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Arboussols and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Éloi Aubert	1983	1989
Jean-Claude Delseny	2001	2014
Étienne Surjus	2014

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	104	—
1975	85	−2.84%
1982	81	−0.69%
1990	79	−0.31%
1999	95	+2.07%
2007	107	+1.50%
2012	101	−1.15%
2017	118	+3.16%
2023	130	+1.63%
Source: INSEE

Sites of interest

• The church of Saint Saviour in Arboussols;
• The church of Saint Eulalia in Arboussols;
• The medieval hamlet of Marcevol;
• The priory of Marcevol;
• The church of Our Lady of the Stairs in Marcevol;
• The half-dolmen de la Llosa del Cortal dels Polls.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department