Vivès
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Vivès
Vivers | |
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 A general view of Vivès | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vivès  | |
  Vivès  Vivès | |
| Coordinates: 42°31′46″N 2°45′52″E / 42.5294°N 2.7644°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Vallespir-Albères |
| Intercommunality | Vallespir |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Arnaudiès[1] |
Area 1 | 11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 182 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66233 /66490 |
| Elevation | 114–323 m (374–1,060 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vivès (French pronunciation: [vivɛs] ⓘ; Catalan: Vivers, [biˈβeɾs], [biˈβes]) is a commune in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, southern France.
Vivès is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population and society
Demography
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 73 | — |
| 1975 | 58 | −3.23% |
| 1982 | 60 | +0.49% |
| 1990 | 75 | +2.83% |
| 1999 | 128 | +6.12% |
| 2007 | 163 | +3.07% |
| 2012 | 172 | +1.08% |
| 2017 | 176 | +0.46% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Education
The school of Vivès had about 20 children in 1947 and only 8 in 1966, the year it was closed.[4] Since then, the nearest school is in Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts.
Health
The village of Vivès seems to have benefited, at least until the beginning of the twentieth century, from a local family of healers, renowned through the whole department of Pyrénées-Orientales.[5]
There are no doctors nor any pharmacy in Vivès nowadays, the nearest being in Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts.[6][7] The nearest clinic is in Céret[8] and the nearest public hospital is in Perpignan.[9]
