Canet-en-Roussillon (French pronunciation: [kane ɑ̃ ʁusijɔ̃]; Catalan: Canet de Rosselló, [kəˈnɛt ˈde rusəˈʎo]; Occitan: Canet de Rosselhon, [kaˈnet de ruseˈʎu]) is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.[3]
Canet-en-Roussillon
Canet de Rosselló (Catalan) | |
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 Aerial view of the port and the sea front at Canet-en-Roussillon | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Canet-en-Roussillon  | |
  Canet-en-Roussillon  Canet-en-Roussillon | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′24″N 3°00′28″E / 42.7067°N 3.0078°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Côte Sableuse |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Loda[1] |
Area 1 | 30.22 km2 (11.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 12,598 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | canétois (fr) canetenc, canetaire (ca) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66037 /66140 |
| Elevation | 0–37 m (0–121 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editCanet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan, 9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.
History
editThe city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.
With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849.[4] As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.[5]
Government and politics
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| Mayor[6] | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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| Joseph Cassanyes | 1790 | 1792 | ||
| Jacques Bonet | 1792 | 1795 | ||
| Jacques Cassanyes | 1796 | 1797 | ||
| Julien Canal | 1798 | 1798 | ||
| Jacques Cassanyes | 1799 | 1800 | ||
| Jacques Bonet | 1800 | 1813 | ||
| Joseph Cassanyes | February 1813 | 28 October 1814 | ||
| Saturnin Cargoles | 1814 | 1826 | ||
| Antoine Gaux | 1826 | 1831 | ||
| Joseph Cassanyes Jr. | 1831 | 1848 | ||
| Julien Canal Jr. | March 1848 | June 1848 | Temporary Mayor | |
| Pierre Roger | June 1848 | September 1848 | Temporary Mayor | |
| Joseph Cassanyes | September 1848 | August 1851 | ||
| Julien Canal | August 1851 | December 1851 | Temporary Mayor | |
| Julien Canal | 1851 | 1865 | ||
| Jean Bartissol | 1865 | September 1870 | ||
| Michel Pages | September 1870 | December 1870 | ||
| Joseph Berga | 1870 | 1874 | ||
| Côme Roger | 1874 | 1881 | ||
| Jean Lafon | 1881 | 1890 | ||
| Jacques Xamma | 1891 | 1892 | ||
| Henri Castany | 1892 | 1904 | ||
| Basile Darbon | 1904 | May 1912 | ||
| Isidore Boutet[7] | May 1912 | 1918 | ||
| François Alies[8] | 1918 | 1919 | ||
| Joseph Lafon | 1920 | 1925 | ||
| Jacques Xamma | 1925 | 1930 | ||
| Joseph Lafon | 1929 | 1930 | ||
| Gabriel Henric | 1930 | 1941 | ||
| Désiré Riu | 1941 | 1943 | ||
| Pierre Fourcade | 1943 | 1944 | ||
| Gabriel Henric | 1944 | 1947 | ||
| Joseph Pagès | 1947 | 1950 | ||
| François Moudat | 1950 | 1965 | ||
| Christian Brignieu | 1965 | 1966 | ||
| François Moudat | 1966 | 1971 | ||
| Jacques Coupet | 1971 | 1989 | ||
| Arlette Franco | 1989 | 2010 | UMP | |
| Bernard Dupont | 2010 | 2020 | UMP | |
| Stéphane Loda | 2020 | incumbent | DVD |
International relations
editCanet-en-Roussillon is twinned with:
Population
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Sites of interest
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- The medieval castle ;
- The Saint-James church ;
- The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor ;
- The old village ;
- The sea front.
Notable people
edit- Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.
- Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.
See also
edit- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
- Gare de Perpignan murders - a victim was found in Canet-en-Roussillon.
- XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - an air crash that happened 7 kilometers from the commune.
References
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Birkui, Françoise (2013). Le Matrimoine catalan : 66 femmes [Catalan matrimony : 66 women] (in French). Canet-en-Roussillon: Trabucaïre. ISBN 978-2-84974-166-5.
- ^ Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
- ^ MairesGenWeb
- ^ Cardenas, Fabricio (29 August 2014). "Nomination du maire en 1912". Archives de Canet. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Cardenas, Fabricio (24 March 2015). "Nomination de l'adjoint au maire en 1912". Archives de Canet. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Canet-en-Roussillon, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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