Coustouges
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Coustouges
|native name = Costoja
|commune status = Commune
|image = Custoja.JPG
|caption = A general view of Coustouges
|image coat of arms =
|arrondissement = Céret
|canton = Le Canigou
|INSEE = 66061
|postal code = 66260
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Haut Vallespir
|coordinates = {{coord|42.3686|2.6506|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 827
|elevation min m = 411
|elevation max m = 1120
|area km2 = 16.86
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Coustouges ({{IPA|fr|kustuʒ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Coustouges.wav}}; {{langx|ca|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.
File:Map commune FR insee code 66061.png
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| CENTER=Coustouges
| NORTHWEST=
| NORTH=Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans
| NORTHEAST=
| WEST=Serralongue
| EAST=Maçanet de Cabrenys
(Spain)
by a quadripoint
| SOUTHWEST=
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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
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 1
| percentages = pagr
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-66061#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = right
|1968 | 207
|1975 | 171
|1982 | 163
|1990 | 119
|1999 | 134
|2007 | 116
|2012 | 108
|2017 | 98
|2018 |93
}}
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
File:Coustouges 2010 05.jpg|Church of Notre-Dame de l’Aubépine
File:Coustouges 2010 01.jpg|Tomb of an old family
File:Coustouges_1.jpg|View of the church from the square
File:Coustouges 2010 14.jpg|Typical street name plaque in Coustouges
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.coustouges.fr Official Coustouges website]
{{Commons category|Coustouges}}
{{Pyrénées-Orientales communes}}
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Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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