Vingrau (; ca, Vingrau) 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
Vingrau is located in the
canton of La Vallée de l'Agly The canton of La Vallée de l'Agly 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 Rivesaltes.
It c ...
and in the
arrondissement of Perpignan
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Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...
.
History
The townhall of Vingrau was destroyed by a fire in 1935, with all the municipal archives, and causing the death of a local roadman.
[ Fabricio Cardenas]
Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''Incendie de la mairie de Vingrau en 1935''
6 march 2014
Population
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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