Calmeilles

Calmeilles
Calmella
Commune
A street leading to the small square of Pedrissos, in Calmeilles
A street leading to the small square of Pedrissos, in Calmeilles
Location of Calmeilles
Calmeilles is located in France
Calmeilles
Calmeilles
Location within France
Calmeilles is located in Occitanie
Calmeilles
Calmeilles
Location within Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°33′11″N 2°40′30″E / 42.5531°N 2.675°E / 42.5531; 2.675
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonLes Aspres
IntercommunalityAspres
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Chinaud
Area
1
13.22 km2 (5.10 sq mi)
Elevation
469 m (1,539 ft)
Highest elevation
784 m (2,572 ft)
Lowest elevation
256 m (840 ft)
Population
 (2023)
60
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66032 /66400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Calmeilles (French pronunciation: [kalmɛj] ⓘ; Catalan: Calmella) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Aspres region, a small Roussillon territory between the Têt valley in the North and the Tech valley in the South.

Exposed to a principally oceanic climate, it is drained by the Canterrane and Ample rivers, and various other smaller ones. The commune has three natural areas of ecological, faunal and floral interest.

Calmeilles is a rural commune with 60 inhabitants in 2021, having experienced a peak population of 384 in 1821. It is part of the “aire d'attraction de Perpignan” (Perpignan attraction area). Its inhabitants are called Calmeillens or Calmeillennes.

Geography

Calmeilles is in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.

It is 24 km (as the crow flies) from Perpignan, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, 10 km from Céret, sub-prefecture, and 11 km from Thuir, the seat of the canton of Les Aspres on which the commune has depended since 2015 for departmental elections. The commune is also part of the “bassin de vie” of Céret.

The nearest municipalities are: Oms (2.0 km), Taillet (2.8 km), Caixas (3.5 km), Prunet-et-Belpuig (4.2 km), Saint-Marsal (4.6 km), Taulis (4.6 km), Montauriol (4.9 km), and Llauro (5.7 km).

Historically and culturally, Calmeilles is part of the Aspres region. Between the valleys of Têt to the North and the Tech to the South, the tiny Roussillon territory takes its name from the stony nature of the soil found there.

Map of Calmeilles and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Brigitte Baux 2001 2014
Gérard Chinaud 2014

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 45—    
1975 46+0.31%
1982 37−3.06%
1990 41+1.29%
1999 42+0.27%
2007 61+4.78%
2012 65+1.28%
2017 59−1.92%
2023 60+0.28%
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE