Fontpédrouse | |
Native Name: | Fontpedrosa |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Prades |
Canton: | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
Insee: | 66080 |
Postal Code: | 66360 |
Mayor: | Chantal Calvet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 42.5128°N 2.1808°W |
Elevation M: | 1062 |
Elevation Min M: | 880 |
Elevation Max M: | 2865 |
Area Km2: | 64.35 |
Fontpédrouse (in French pronounced as /fɔ̃pedʁuz/; Catalan; Valencian: Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Fontpédrouse is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Fontpédrouse-Saint-Thomas-les-Bains station has rail connections to Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol.
On, the commune of Prats-Saint-Thomas was merged into Fontpédrouse.[2]
In December 1932, parts of the hamlets of Prats-Saint-Thomas were destroyed because of heavy rains which caused several landslides.[3]