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Aytua ( ca, Aituà) is a former commune in
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
(
France
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).
Geography
Aytua is located east of the commune of
Escaro
Escaro (; ca, Escaró) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Escaro is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
History
On 20 Marc ...
and northwest of
Thorrent, another former commune.
History
Originally independent, since 20 March 1822, it is linked with Escaro.
[Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986]
Politics and administration
Mayors
Sites of interest
* Saint-Christine chapel, from the 16th century.
Notes
Former communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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