Argelès-sur-Mer
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Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Céret | |
| Canton | Argelès-sur-Mer | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Albères et de la Côte Vermeille | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Pierre Aylagas | |
| Area1 | 58.67 km2 (22.65 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 9,901 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66008 / 66700 | |
| Elevation | 0–1,099 m (0–3,606 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
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Argelès-sur-Mer (Catalan: Argelers de la Marenda or simply Argelers) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It lies near Perpignan.
Contents
Geography
Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the canton of Argelès-sur-Mer and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the coast sector of the Côte Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range, just a short drive away from the Spanish border. Argelès-sur-Mer is the longest beach of Pyrenées Orientales.
History
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During World War II, Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a French concentration camp, the infamous Camp de concentration d'Argelès-sur-Mer, where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned by a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government after the defeat of the Spanish Republic. The refugees streamed to the camp beginning in the winter of 1938/39 after the collapse of the Catalonian front following the rebel offensive.[1]
Government and politics
Mayors
| Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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| Marc Surjus | 1800 | 1813 |
| Paul Pujas[2] | ca. 1815 | ? |
| Gaston Pams | 1953 | 1981 |
| Isidore Fourriques | 1981 | 1983 |
| Jean Carrère | 1983 | 2001 |
| Pierre Aylagas | 2001 |
Population and society
Demography
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 847 | — |
| 1800 | 1,064 | +25.6% |
| 1806 | 1,173 | +10.2% |
| 1821 | 1,401 | +19.4% |
| 1831 | 1,478 | +5.5% |
| 1836 | 1,964 | +32.9% |
| 1841 | 2,136 | +8.8% |
| 1846 | 2,251 | +5.4% |
| 1851 | 2,325 | +3.3% |
| 1856 | 2,447 | +5.2% |
| 1861 | 2,456 | +0.4% |
| 1866 | 2,537 | +3.3% |
| 1872 | 2,600 | +2.5% |
| 1876 | 2,833 | +9.0% |
| 1881 | 3,134 | +10.6% |
| 1886 | 3,303 | +5.4% |
| 1891 | 3,413 | +3.3% |
| 1896 | 3,307 | −3.1% |
| 1901 | 3,358 | +1.5% |
| 1906 | 2,913 | −13.3% |
| 1911 | 2,837 | −2.6% |
| 1921 | 2,851 | +0.5% |
| 1926 | 2,835 | −0.6% |
| 1931 | 2,966 | +4.6% |
| 1936 | 2,945 | −0.7% |
| 1946 | 2,968 | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 2,907 | −2.1% |
| 1962 | 3,659 | +25.9% |
| 1968 | 5,022 | +37.3% |
| 1975 | 5,100 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 5,723 | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 7,188 | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 9,069 | +26.2% |
| 2006 | 9,928 | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 10,033 | +1.1% |
Education
Sports
The Étoile sportive catalane is the rugby union club of Argelès-sur-Mer.
Culture
Sites of interest
- Buildings
- Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure (Monument historique)
- Dolmen of the Cova de l'Alarb (Monument historique)
- Dolmen of Sant Pere dels Forquets
- Chapel of Saint-Jérôme d'Argelès, from the 10th century
- Church of Saint-Ferréol de la Pava (Monument historique), from the 10th century
- Parish church of Notre-Dame del Prat, from the 14th to the 20th centuries (Monument historique)
- Church of Sainte-Marie de Torreneules, from the 8th to the 10th centuries
- Abbey of Valbonne, from the 13th to the 14th centuries
- Church of Saint-Laurent-du-Mont, from the 12th century (Monument historique)
- Church of Saint-Martin-et-Sainte-Croix, from the 11th or 12th century, and the old village of Taxo d'Avall (both Monument historique)
- Church of Saint-Pierre dels Forquets, pre-romanesque ruins
- Castle of Pujols, from the 13th century (Monument historique)
- Massane tower, in the Albera Massif, from the 13th century
- Castle of Valmy, from the 19th century
- Casa de l'Albera, museum about the Albera Massif
- Natural sites
- National nature reserve of the Mas Larrieu
- National nature reserve of the Massane forest
- The Bois des pins is the historical pine forest located near the beach front. Created in the 1860s by the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, it still has to this day over 8,000 centenarian pines.[3]
Notable people
- Marcelle Narbonne (1898-2012) : supercentenarian who lived and died in Argelès-sur-Mer.
- David Ensor (1906-1987) : British lawyer, actor, author and Labour Party politician, lived and died in Argelès-sur-Mer.
- Marc Lièvremont (1968-) : former rugby union footballer raised in Argelès-sur-Mer and former member of the Étoile sportive catalane club.
See also
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argelès-sur-Mer. |
References
- ↑ Corazón Helado de 1939 - Los exilios republicanos
- ↑ (French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Argelès, 11 juin 1815, 12 january 2014
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