Coustouges is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Pyrénées-Orientales

Pyrénées-Orientales

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 department in southern France

France

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. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).

Geography

Coustouges is the second most southerly commune of mainland France, after Lamanère

Lamanère

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. The village is situated at an altitude of 832 m.

History

Coustouges was previously recorded with the name Costogia in 936, Custajas or Costogia, and finally Coustouges (end of the 19th century). It was a dependancy of the Abbey of Arles-sur-Tech

Arles-sur-Tech

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 from 988 until the French Revolution

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Personalities linked to the commune

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