Oreilla
Commune
The upper village of Oreilla
Location of Oreilla
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Coordinates: 42°33′37″N 2°15′16″E / 42.5603°N 2.2544°E / 42.5603; 2.2544
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Les Pyrénées catalanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Rodriguez[1]
Area 1	16.03 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	26
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66128 /66360
Elevation	620–2,089 m (2,034–6,854 ft) (avg. 873 m or 2,864 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oreilla (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɛja] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Orellà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Oreilla is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.

History

Oreilla is the commune of France which suffered the highest ratio of losses during the First World War: 20 men were drafted, 18 were killed in action, which represented 13% of the whole population of the village (the national average was 3.53%)^[3]

Population