Vivès

Vivès (French pronunciation: [vivɛs] ⓘ; Catalan: Vivers) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Vivès
Vivers
Commune
A general view of Vivès
A general view of Vivès
Coat of arms of Vivès
Coat of arms
Location of Vivès
Vivès is located in France
Vivès
Vivès
Vivès is located in Occitanie
Vivès
Vivès
Coordinates: 42°31′46″N 2°45′52″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonVallespir-Albères
IntercommunalityVallespir
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Arnaudiès[1]
Area
1
11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
173
 • Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66233 /66490
Elevation114–323 m (374–1,060 ft)
(avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Vivès is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Vivès and its surrounding communes

Population and society

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 73—    
1975 58−3.23%
1982 60+0.49%
1990 75+2.83%
1999 128+6.12%
2007 163+3.07%
2012 172+1.08%
2017 176+0.46%
Source: INSEE[3]

Education

The school of Vivès had about 20 children in 1947 and only 8 in 1966, the year it was closed.[4] Since then, the nearest school is in Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts.

Health

The village of Vivès seems to have benefited, at least until the beginning of the twentieth century, from a local family of healers, renowned through the whole department of Pyrénées-Orientales.[5]

There are no doctors nor any pharmacy in Vivès nowadays, the nearest being in Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts.[6] · [7] The nearest clinic is in Céret[8] and the nearest public hospital is in Perpignan.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. De Vivers à Vivès : du 2ème au 3ème millénaire, mémoires d'un village. Vivès: Mairie de Vivès. 1999.
  5. Fabricio Cardenas (18 November 2014). "Des guérisseurs à Vivès en 1882". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. Pages Jaunes, Pharmacies near Vivès
  7. Pages Jaunes, Doctors near Vivès
  8. Pages Jaunes, Clinics near Vivès
  9. Pages Jaunes, Hospitals near Vivès
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