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Sournia

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Sournia
Sornià
Sornhan
Commune
A general view of Sournia
A general view of Sournia
Coat of arms of Sournia
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Sournia
Sournia is located in France
Sournia
Sournia
Location within France
Sournia is located in Occitanie
Sournia
Sournia
Location within Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°43′43″N 2°26′34″E / 42.7286°N 2.4428°E / 42.7286; 2.4428
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yvon Crambes[1]
Area
1
29.99 km2 (11.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
478
 • Density15.9/km2 (41.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66198 /66730
Elevation380–1,234 m (1,247–4,049 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sournia (French pronunciation: [suʁnja] ⓘ; Catalan: Sornià; Occitan: Sornhan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Its inhabitants are known as Sourniannais.

Geography

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Sournia is a town of the Fenouillèdes, the languedocienne part of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Prades. The river Désix runs through the village. Sournia is 22 km from Ille-sur-Têt and from Vinça, 24 km from Prades and from Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, 30 km from Latour-de-France and 34 km from Axat.
The commune is covered by the quality wine standard AOC 'Côtes-du-Roussillon'.
Sournia is crossed by the long-distance footpath, GR 36.

Map of Sournia and its surrounding communes

Administration

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The current mayor of Sournia is Paul Blanc, a senator, of the centre-right and right wing party UMP founded by Jacques Chirac.

Population

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For some reason at the end of the 19th century, the population of Sournia seemed to have a reputation for having one of the longest longevity in France, even though this fact was not clearly verified.[3]

Places of interest

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  • Ruins of the former church of Saint-Michel from the tenth century.[6]
  • The ancient church of Sainte-Félicité from the tenth and eleventh centuries.[6]
  • Church of Arsa from the twelfth century.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Record de longévité à Sournia en 1897 , 3 January 2015
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sournia, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  6. 1 2 Rush, Simon John Nowell (2022), The first Romanesque architecture of Conflent, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (66). Tradition, system and style. [Thesis] Volume 1 (text), especially pages 126-7; and Volume 2 (illustrations), especially Figures 70-87.


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