Le Barcarès





Commune in Occitanie, France




































































Le Barcarès


El Barcarès

Commune

The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès
The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès


Coat of arms of Le Barcarès
Coat of arms

Location of Le Barcarès







Le Barcarès is located in France

Le Barcarès

Le Barcarès




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Le Barcarès is located in Occitanie

Le Barcarès

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.




Map of Le Barcarès and its surrounding communes



Neighbouring communes




Government and politics


Mayors










































Mayor
Term start
Term end
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
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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