Le Barcarès
Le Barcarès El Barcarès | ||
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Commune | ||
The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès | ||
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Location of Le Barcarès | ||
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Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 3°02′11″E / 42.7892°N 3.0364°E / 42.7892; 3.0364Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 3°02′11″E / 42.7892°N 3.0364°E / 42.7892; 3.0364 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Occitanie | |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
Canton | La Côte Salanquaise | |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
Government | ||
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2014–2020) | Alain Ferrand (CNIP) | |
Area 1 | 11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi) | |
Population (2014)2 | 4,717 | |
• Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 66017 /66420 | |
Elevation | 0–4 m (0–13 ft) (avg. 1 m or 3.3 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Le Barcarès (Catalan: El Barcarès) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
Contents
1 Geography
1.1 Localisation
1.2 Neighbouring communes
2 Government and politics
3 Population
4 Notable people
5 See also
6 References
Geography
Localisation
Le Barcarès is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Neighbouring communes
Government and politics
- Mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Albert Got | May 1953 | March 1983 |
Yvon Blanc | March 1983 | March 1989 |
Claude Got | March 1989 | June 1995 |
Alain Ferrand | June 1995 | March 1999 |
Joëlle Ferrand | May 1999 | June 2011 |
Marie Roses | June 2011 | August 2011 |
Alain Ferrand | August 2011 |
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 775 | — |
1968 | 1,197 | +54.5% |
1975 | 1,347 | +12.5% |
1982 | 2,208 | +63.9% |
1990 | 2,422 | +9.7% |
1999 | 3,514 | +45.1% |
2006 | 4,033 | +14.8% |
2009 | 4,018 | −0.4% |
Notable people
Georges Candilis (1913-1995), Greek architect and urbanist who participated to the conception of Port-Barcarès.
See also
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
References
- INSEE
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