Millas

Millas
Millas ; Millars
	Commune
	A general view of Millas
	Location of Millas
	Millas Millas
	Coordinates: 42°41′33″N 2°41′47″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	La Vallée de la Têt
Intercommunality	Roussillon Conflent
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Garsau
Area 1	19.12 km2 (7.38 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	4,279
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66108 /66170
Elevation	89–500 m (292–1,640 ft) ; (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Millas (Catalan: Millars) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localization

Millas is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Millas and its surrounding communes

Hydrography

The river Têt runs through Millas. Floods often occur, as in 1892 when the level of the Têt in Millas rose up to 4,20 meters.[2]

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,489	—
1975	2,569	+0.45%
1982	2,824	+1.36%
1990	3,091	+1.14%
1999	3,452	+1.23%
2007	3,849	+1.37%
2012	4,012	+0.83%
2017	4,279	+1.30%
Source: INSEE[3]

Notable residents

Marine Le Pen and Louis Aliot, both politicians, live in Millas.[4]

Notable event

In December 2017, a school bus transporting children was split in two by a regional train running at 80 km/h as it passed over a level crossing in the village.[5]

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
(in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Inondations en novembre 1892, 2 march 2014
Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
"Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. January 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016. La visite s'achète dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, dans la bourgade de Millas. Il y a six ans, Marine Le Pen y a acquis avec son compagnon, Louis Alliot, une villa moderne, au fond d'un grand lotissement propret.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-train-crash-latest-live-updates-victims-school-bus-rail-accident-dead-a8111061.html

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Inondations en novembre 1892, 2 march 2014

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[nouvelobsricheproprietaire-4] "Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. January 27, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016. La visite s'achète dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, dans la bourgade de Millas. Il y a six ans, Marine Le Pen y a acquis avec son compagnon, Louis Alliot, une villa moderne, au fond d'un grand lotissement propret.

[5] ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-train-crash-latest-live-updates-victims-school-bus-rail-accident-dead-a8111061.html