Country France Department Pyrénées-Orientales Population (1999) 134 Local time Tuesday 4:21 PM | Region Occitanie Intercommunality Haut Vallespir Area 16.86 km² Arrondissement Céret | |
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Canton Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste Weather 11°C, Wind N at 21 km/h, 61% Humidity | ||
Coustouges (Catalan: Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).
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Map of Coustouges, France
Geography
Coustouges is located in the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.
Toponymy
Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century).
History
Coustouges was a dependency of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.
Notable people
References
Coustouges Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA