Estagel

Commune in Occitania, France

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Commune
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Coordinates: 42°46′24′′N 2°41′58′′E / 42.7733°N 2.6994°E / 42.7733; 2.6994
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Roger Ferrer^[1]
Area ¹	20.83 km² (8.04 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,124
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66071 /66310
Elevation	58–325 m (190–1,066 ft) (avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Estagel (French pronunciation: [ɛstaʒɛl] ⁱ; Catalan: Estagell) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

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Localisation

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Estagel is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Estagel and its surrounding communes

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,201	—
1975	2,021	−1.21%
1982	2,038	+0.12%
1990	2,043	+0.03%
1999	1,941	−0.57%
2007	1,902	−0.25%
2012	1,950	+0.50%
2017	2,016	+0.67%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people

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François Arago (1786-1853), scientist and politician.
Jacques Arago (1790-1855), writer, artist and explorer.
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich (1858-1937), military officer and colonial administrator.