Coustouges (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).

Geography

Localisation

Coustouges is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Coustouges

Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.

Coustouges

Toponymy

Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century).

Coustouges

History

Coustouges was a dependency of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech from 988 until the French Revolution.

Population

Notable people

Francesc Sabaté Llopart (1915-1960), anarchist, anti-Francoist maquisard, spent several years in Coustouges François Pinault, French entrepreneur, bought a house there in September 2004.

Images

See also

Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

External links

Official Coustouges website

Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales