Coustouges

Coustouges Costoja
Commune
A general view of Coustouges
Location of Coustouges
(2020–2026)		Michel Anrigo[1]
Area 1	16.86 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	90
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66061 /66260
Elevation	411–1,120 m (1,348–3,675 ft) (avg. 827 m or 2,713 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coustouges (French pronunciation: [kustuʒ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).

Geography

Localisation

Coustouges is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.

Toponymy

Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century).

History

Coustouges was a dependency of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.

Population

Notable people

• Francesc Sabaté Llopart (1915-1960), anarchist, anti-Francoist maquisard, spent several years in Coustouges
• François Pinault, French entrepreneur, bought a house there in September 2004.

Images

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  Church of Notre-Dame de l’Aubépine
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  Tomb of an old family
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  View of the church from the square
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  Typical street name plaque in Coustouges

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

External links

• Official Coustouges website

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