Ortaffa

Ortaffa Hortafà
Commune
General view of the village.
Coat of arms
Ortaffa Ortaffa
Coordinates: 42°34′51″N 2°55′33″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	La Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymond Pla
Area 1	8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66129 /66560
Elevation	19–90 m (62–295 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ortaffa (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtafa] ; Catalan: Ortafà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Ortaffa is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Ortaffa and its surrounding communes

Population

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	534	—
1975	606	+1.82%
1982	636	+0.69%
1990	803	+2.96%
1999	1,093	+3.49%
2007	1,285	+2.04%
2012	1,270	−0.23%
2017	1,481	+3.12%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department