Ponteilla

Ponteilla (in Catalan Pontellà ) is a common French, located in the department of the the Eastern Pyrenees and the area Languedoc-Roussillon. Its inhabitants is called Ponteillanais (pontellanencs, as a Catalan).

Geography

History

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Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Etienne Saint: Romance church of XIe - XII {E}} century
Nyls, (the Nile as a Catalan) is a village of 400 inhabitants (2007), with three kilometers of Ponteilla and nine kilometers in the south of Perpignan, attached to the commune of Ponteilla.

The village of Nyls has two churches: one, of Romance origin, dedicated to Saint Martin, is very deteriorated. Work of restoration there is currently carried out. It was replaced at the XVII century by another church devoted to the Virgin.

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre Bosc, novelist of French language born in 1943

Father Figueres, singer of Catalan expression born in 1950

Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff, novelist of Catalan language born in 1963

See too

Common of the Eastern Pyrenees

External bonds

Site of the Town hall of Ponteilla
Ponteilla on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ponteilla on the site of INSEE
Ponteilla on the site of Quid
Localization of Ponteilla on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ponteilla on Mapquest

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