Ponteilla

Ponteilla Pontellà
Commune
Vineyards and the village of Ponteilla
Coat of arms
Ponteilla Ponteilla
Coordinates: 42°37′38″N 2°48′55″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Dadies
Area 1	13.78 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66145 /66300
Elevation	52–153 m (171–502 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ponteilla (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tɛja] ; Catalan: Pontellà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Ponteilla is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Ponteilla and its surrounding communes

Population

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Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,107	—
1975	1,082	−0.33%
1982	1,182	+1.27%
1990	1,521	+3.20%
1999	1,827	+2.06%
2007	2,642	+4.72%
2012	2,798	+1.15%
2017	2,738	−0.43%
Source: INSEE

Sites of interest

• Jardin exotique de Ponteilla

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department