Vivès

Commune in Occitania, 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
Map
(2020–2026)
Jacques Arnaudiès[1]
Area
1
11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[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.

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

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

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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]

Famous Personages from Vives

Bl. Thomas of Vives, a Mercedarian Friar of the Sovereign and Royal Order of Our Lady of Mercy, who was imprisoned at Tunis, Tunisia in 1329, and executed by being stoned on March 14, 1324 for the crime of blaspheming the name of Muhammed.[10] His portrait can be found at Cagliari, in Sardinia. He is considered a Saint in his order.[11]

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 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  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
  10. ^ Bugnolo, Alexis (2024-04-01). "The 700th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Bl. Tommaso of Vives, Mercedarian | From Rome". From Rome. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  11. ^ "Martirio di San Tommaso Vives Santo martire dipinto,". catalogo.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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