Villelongue-dels-Monts

Villelongue-dels-Monts is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.The inhabitants are called Villelonguais.GeographyVillelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, 33 km south of Perpignan, 18 km east from the mediterranean sea and 17 km from the Spanish border by Le Perthus, in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.Its close neighbouring communities are : in the north Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Brouilla and Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines ; in the east Laroque-des-Albères ; in the south l'Albère and in the west Montesquieu-des-Albères.With a surface of 1155 hectars, the territory represents a form at the same time narrow and long (2 km from east to west and 8 km from north to south). The commune is structured by 3 bigger roads: the RD618 towards Argelès-sur-mer and the RN114 towards Perpignan, the RD11 allowing to join Montesquieu-of-Albères to the west and Laroque-of-Albères and Sorède to the east; the RD11a allows to join the RD618 over a south-north axis.