Estavar

Estavar
Commune
The town hall in Estavar
Coat of arms
Location of Estavar
Estavar Estavar
Coordinates: 42°28′17″N 1°59′53″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Intercommunality	Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Leygue
Area 1	9.24 km2 (3.57 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	443
• Density	47.9/km2 (124/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66072 /66800
Elevation	1,200–1,659 m (3,937–5,443 ft) (avg. 1,293 m or 4,242 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Estavar is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Estavar station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.

Map of Estavar and its surrounding communes

Estavar village, view to the west. The rounded hill beyond Estavar is in the Spanish enclave of Llívia.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	178	—
1975	206	+2.11%
1982	281	+4.54%
1990	358	+3.07%
1999	409	+1.49%
2007	470	+1.75%
2012	408	−2.79%
2017	472	+2.96%
2023	443	−1.05%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department