Vingrau
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Vingrau | |
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 A general view of Vingrau | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vingrau  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°50′56″N 2°46′45″E / 42.8489°N 2.7792°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Camps[1] |
Area 1 | 32.12 km2 (12.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 541 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66231 /66600 |
| Elevation | 119–575 m (390–1,886 ft) (avg. 322 m or 1,056 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vingrau (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃ɡʁo] ⓘ; Catalan: Vingrau) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Vingrau is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
History
The townhall of Vingrau was destroyed by a fire in 1935, with all the municipal archives, and causing the death of a local roadman.[3]
