Millas (; ca, Millars) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
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. ...
department in southern
France
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.
Geography
Localization
Millas is located in the
canton of La Vallée de la Têt The canton of La Vallée de la Têt is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Le Soler.
It co ...
and in the
arrondissement of Perpignan
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Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...
.
Hydrography
The river
Têt runs through Millas. Floods often occur, as in 1892 when the level of the Têt in Millas rose up to 4,20 meters.
Demography
Notable residents
*
Marine Le Pen
Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its pre ...
and
Louis Aliot
Louis Aliot (; born 4 September 1969) is a French politician, a lawyer by profession, and the vice president of the National Rally (previously named National Front) since 16 January 2011. A member of the FN Executive Office, Executive Committee a ...
, both politicians, live in Millas.
Notable event
In December 2017, a school bus transporting children was
split in two by a regional train running at 80 km/h as it passed over a level crossing in the village.
See also
*
Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a si ...
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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