Vivès
Commune in Occitania, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Occitania, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vivès (French pronunciation: [vivɛs] ; Catalan: Vivers, [biˈβeɾs], [biˈβes]) is a commune in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, southern France.
Vivès
Vivers | |
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Coordinates: 42°31′46″N 2°45′52″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 (2021)[2] | 173 |
• Density | 16/km2 (40/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 is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
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.
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]
Bl. Thomas of Vives, a Mercedarian Friar of the Sovereign and Royal Order of Our Lady of Mercy, who was imprisoned at Tunis, Tunisia in 1329, and executed by being stoned on March 14, 1324 for the crime of blaspheming the name of Muhammed.[10] His portrait can be found at Cagliari, in Sardinia. He is considered a Saint in his order.[11]
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