Coustouges

Coustouges

Coustouges

Coustouges is located in France
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Coustouges
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Intercommunality Haut Vallespir
Mayor Jean-Marie Malignon
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 411–1,120 m (1,348–3,670 ft)
(avg. 827 m/2,713 ft)
Land area1 16.86 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population2 134  (1999)
 - Density 8 /km2 (21 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66061/ 66260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 42°22′07″N 2°39′02″E / 42.3686111111°N 2.65055555556°E / 42.3686111111; 2.65055555556

Coustouges (Catalan: Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).

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Geography

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

History

Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century). It was a dependancy of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.

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