Targasonne
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Targasonne
|native name = Targasona
|commune status = Commune
|image = Thémis.jpg
|caption = The THEMIS Solar Power tower.
|arrondissement = Prades
|canton = Les Pyrénées catalanes
|INSEE = 66202
|postal code = 66120
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pyrénées Cerdagne
|coordinates = {{coord|42.5003|1.9978|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 1597
|elevation min m = 1383
|elevation max m = 2123
|area km2 = 7.80
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
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Targasonne ({{IPA|fr|taʁɡasɔn|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Targassonne.wav}}; {{langx|ca|Targasona}}; before 2022: Targassonne{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=TERB2139103D|texte=Décret No. 2021-1921 du 30 décembre 2021 portant changement du nom de communes}}) is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.
Targasonne is the home of the THEMIS Solar Power R&D Center.
Geography
Targasonne is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades very close to the Spanish border and the exclave of Llívia. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. The closest cities are Foix 61 kilometres to the northwest and Perpignan at 90 kilometres to the east.
Population
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 1
| percentages = pagr
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-66202#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = right
|1968 | 71
|1975 | 65
|1982 | 93
|1990 | 133
|1999 | 203
|2007 | 200
|2012 | 193
|2017 | 184
}}
See also
References
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{{Commons}}
{{Pyrénées-Orientales communes}}
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Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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