Clara-Villerach

Commune in Occitania, France

Clara-Villerach Clarà i Villerac
Commune
The church of Saint Martin, in Clara
Location of Clara-Villerach
(2020–2026)		Patrick Marcel^[1]
Area ¹	8.70 km² (3.36 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	266
• Density	31/km² (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66051 /66500
Elevation	380–1,880 m (1,250–6,170 ft) (avg. 668 m or 2,192 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clara-Villerach (French pronunciation: [klaʁa vijʁak] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Clarà i Villerac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Geography

Clara-Villerach is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Toponymy

On February 7, 2017 the town's name changed from Clara to Clara-Villerach.^[4]

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	109	—
1975	106	−0.40%
1982	119	+1.67%
1990	153	+3.19%
1999	161	+0.57%
2007	241	+5.17%
2012	243	+0.17%
2017	256	+1.05%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Décret n°2017-149 du 7 février 2017 portant changement du nom de communes". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Legifrance. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE