# Escaro

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Commune in Occitania, France

Escaro Escaró Commune A general view of Escaro Location of Escaro Escaro Show map of France Escaro Show map of Occitanie Coordinates: 42°32′19″N 2°18′57″E / 42.5386°N 2.3158°E / 42.5386; 2.3158 Country France Region Occitania Department Pyrénées-Orientales Arrondissement Prades Canton Les Pyrénées catalanes Intercommunality Conflent Canigó Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Daniel Aspe[1] Area 1 15.21 km2 (5.87 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 128 • Density 8.42/km2 (21.8/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 66068 /66360 Elevation 588–2,082 m (1,929–6,831 ft) (avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Escaro** (French pronunciation: [\[ɛskaʁo\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Fabricio_Cardenas_(Culex)-Escaro.wav); [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language): *Escaró*) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Pyrénées-Orientales](/source/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in southern [France](/source/France).

## Geography

### Localisation

Escaro is located in the [canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes](/source/Canton_of_Les_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es_catalanes) and in the [arrondissement of Prades](/source/Arrondissement_of_Prades).

Map of Escaro and its surrounding communes

Places adjacent to Escaro Olette (by a quadripoint) Serdinya Fuilla Souanyas Escaro Sahorre Nyer Py (by a quadripoint)

## History

On 20 March 1822, the commune of [Aytua](/source/Aytua) is linked to Escaro.[3]

## Population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 164 — 1975 92 −7.93% 1982 85 −1.12% 1990 102 +2.31% 1999 84 −2.13% 2007 89 +0.73% 2012 120 +6.16% 2017 106 −2.45% 2023 128 +3.19% Source: INSEE[4]

## See also

- [Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department](/source/Communes_of_the_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503). *data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises* (in French). 2 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-66068) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_4-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-66068#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

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