Villelongue-dels-Monts Vilallonga dels Monts
Commune
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Coordinates: 42°31′35″N 2°54′15″E / 42.5264°N 2.9042°E / 42.5264; 2.9042
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Vallespir-Albères
Intercommunality	CC des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Nifosi[1]
Area 1	11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,917
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66225 /66740
Elevation	36–1,030 m (118–3,379 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villelongue-dels-Monts (French pronunciation: [vil.lɔ̃ɡ dɛls mɔ̃ts] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Vilallonga dels Monts) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

The inhabitants are called Villelonguais.

Villelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, 33 km south of Perpignan, 18 km east from the Mediterranean Sea and 17 km from the Spanish border by Le Perthus, in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Its close neighbouring communities are : in the north Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Brouilla and Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines ; in the east Laroque-des-Albères ; in the south l'Albère and in the west Montesquieu-des-Albères.

With a surface of 1155 hectares, the territory is narrow and long (2 km from east to west and 8 km from north to south).^[4]

Villelongue-dels-Monts is named after the peak above the village which means « Villelongue-du-Mont ». It was mentioned for the first time in 981. Eventually, the monastery of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines possessed a freehold on "Villalonga". The phrase "Castrum Sancti Christophori" appeared in 1095 to indicate the fortress constructed on the rocky peak.

The communal demography is marked by a certain stability between 1851 and 1975, fluctuating in a minimum of population of 408 in 1968 and a maximum of 533 in 1891, and alternating between the periods of growth and decline.

In 1975, Villelongue-dels-Monts began to grow. The population more than doubled in 30 years, from 513 inhabitants in 1975 to 1346 in 2006.

This growth is largely related to the growth of the metropolitan area of Perpignan.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 278 —     1800 261 −0.90% 1806 389 +6.88% 1821 463 +1.17% 1831 487 +0.51% 1836 475 −0.50% 1841 461 −0.60% 1846 496 +1.47% 1851 521 +0.99% 1856 495 −1.02% 1861 440 −2.33% 1866 454 +0.63% 1872 450 −0.15% 1876 470 +1.09% 1881 514 +1.81% 1886 505 −0.35% 1891 533 +1.09% 1896 520 −0.49%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 524 +0.15% 1906 512 −0.46% 1911 506 −0.24% 1921 508 +0.04% 1926 508 +0.00% 1931 506 −0.08% 1936 503 −0.12% 1946 456 −0.98% 1954 528 +1.85% 1962 437 −2.34% 1968 408 −1.14% 1975 513 +3.33% 1982 749 +5.56% 1990 831 +1.31% 1999 1,069 +2.84% 2007 1,327 +2.74% 2012 1,483 +2.25% 2017 1,706 +2.84%
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

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