Millas

Commune in Occitania, France

Millas Millars
Commune
A general view of Millas
Coat of arms
Location of Millas
(2020–2026)		Jacques Garsau^[1]
Area ¹	19.12 km² (7.38 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	4,294
• Density	220/km² (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66108 /66170
Elevation	89–500 m (292–1,640 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Millas (French pronunciation: [mijas] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Millars) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localization

Millas is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Hydrography

The river Têt runs through Millas. Floods often occur, as in 1892 when the level of the Têt in Millas rose up to 4,20 meters.^[3]

Demography

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,489	—
1975	2,569	+0.45%
1982	2,824	+1.36%
1990	3,091	+1.14%
1999	3,452	+1.23%
2007	3,849	+1.37%
2012	4,012	+0.83%
2017	4,279	+1.30%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Notable residents

Marine Le Pen and Louis Aliot, both politicians, live in Millas.^[5]

Notable event

In December 2017, a school bus transporting children was split in two by a regional train running at 80 km/h as it passed over a level crossing in the village.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Inondations en novembre 1892, 2 March 2014
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Marine Le Pen, une riche propriétaire (comme son père)". Le Nouvel Observateur. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016. La visite s'achète dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, dans la bourgade de Millas. Il y a six ans, Marine Le Pen y a acquis avec son compagnon, Louis Alliot, une villa moderne, au fond d'un grand lotissement propret.
^ "School bus and train collide in 'terrible accident' in southern France". Independent.co.uk. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022.