Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

**Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via**
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
	Church of St. Martin in Odeillo.
	Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Saillagouse
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Louis Demelin
Area1	29.60 km2 (11.43 sq mi)
Population (2007)2	1,992
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	66124 / 66120
Elevation	1,312–2,212 m (4,304–7,257 ft); (avg. 1,800 m or 5,900 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Catalan: Font-romeu, Odelló i Vià), or Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France.

It also is one of the oldest ski resorts in France and the oldest in the Pyrenees.

Geography

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is located in the canton of Saillagouse and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Map of Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via and its surrounding communes

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is served by the Yellow train line, a railway which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent through to Mont-Louis.

The world's largest solar furnace is in Odeillo and can reach temperatures up to 3,500 °C (6,330 °F).
THEMIS Solar Power R&D center is 3 km (1.9 mi) away in the village of Targassonne

The solar furnace at Odeillo

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Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Church of St. Martin in Odeillo.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Saillagouse
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Louis Demelin
Area¹	29.60 km² (11.43 sq mi)
Population (2007)²	1,992
• Density	67/km² (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	66124 / 66120
Elevation	1,312–2,212 m (4,304–7,257 ft) (avg. 1,800 m or 5,900 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.