As the French and Spanish tracks are different gauges, no trains run the whole way from Toulouse to Barcelona. Passengers have to change trains, which are however no longer scheduled to offer direct connections. Occasional freight-trains cross the border and are worked to Puigcerda, where freight is transferred. The double-track line to Puigcerda consists of two separate tracks with different gauges and electrified at different currents.
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The first traces of habitation date from 600 BC. and are located on the site of the hamlet of Iravals.[5] The population moved from the 13th century around the hamlet of Latour-de-Carol, partly abandoning Iravals.
On 1 February 1837 the commune of Porta was created by detachment from Latour-de-Carol.[6]
Historical monuments
L'ancienne église Saint-Fructueux d'Iravals (XIIc.) est située au hameau éponyme. (Classified as a Monument historique in 1963).
The church of Saint-Étienne is located on a slight rise to the south of the village. It dates from the 15th century. A reused wooden panel was discovered there at the beginning of the 20th century, used to close the left side of the altar of Saint Sebastian which turned out to come from an altarpiece made by Antoine Peytavi (c.1540-1592) for the Saint-Fructueux chapel in Latour-de-Carol. It was restored and classified as a Monument historique on 24 May 1932.
^Michel de La Torre, Pyrénées-Orientales : Le guide complet de ses 224 communes, Paris, Deslogis-Lacoste, coll. « Villes et villages de France », 1990
^Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986.
