Dorres

Dorres is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Dorres
Commune
The centre of the village in 2013
Coat of arms
Location of Dorres
Dorres
Dorres
Coordinates: 42°29′08″N 1°56′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPrades
CantonLes Pyrénées catalanes
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Sylvie Candau
Area
1
24.77 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
169
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66062 /66760
Elevation1,332–2,827 m (4,370–9,275 ft)
(avg. 1,450 m or 4,760 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Dorres is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Dorres and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

History

Various tools and evidence of occupation found in the surroundings prove that the territory of Dorres was already occupied in prehistoric times.[2]

At the end of the 9th century, Dorres was a property of Sunifred (who died ca. 890), a son of Sunifred, count of Cerdanya. Having become the abbot of Saint-Mary Abbey in Arles-sur-Tech, Sunifred then gave Dorres to his nephew and godson Radulf, himself the son of Wilfred the Hairy and future bishop of Urgell. Later, in the 12th century, is found the name of Guillem de Edorres, supposed to be the local lord. From the 14th century, Dorres becomes part of the crown estate.[2]

Being mainly mountain territory, Dorres was never much populated and reached its peak of population in 1851, with about 366 people, and it was yet until the end of the 19th century that locals were attacked by wolves.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 171—    
1975 154−1.48%
1982 156+0.18%
1990 192+2.63%
1999 219+1.47%
2007 179−2.49%
2012 162−1.98%
2017 169+0.85%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sites of interest

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
  3. Cardenas, Fabricio (20 February 2015). "Attaques de loups en Cerdagne en 1864". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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