title: Oreilla
text: # Oreilla
  
  Oreilla (French pronunciation: (listen); Catalan: Orellà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Oreilla is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
  
  ## History
  
  Oreilla is the commune of France which suffered the highest ratio of losses during the First World War: 20 men were drafted, 18 were killed in action, which represented 13% of the whole population of the village (the national average was 3.53%)
  
  