Salses-le-Château
Salses-le-Château or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan.
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 Entrance of the Fort de Salses | |
Location of Salses-le-Château 
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| Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Rivesaltais–Agly–Manadeil |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Jacques Lopez |
| Area 1 | 71.28 km2 (27.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 3,501 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66190 /66600 |
| Elevation | 0–354 m (0–1,161 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Salses-le-Château is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Map of Salses-le-Château and its surrounding communes
Government and politics
Mayors
| Mayor[2] | Term start | Term end |
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| Joseph Pams | 1790 | 1792 |
| Jean Vaquer | 1792 | 1792 |
| Thomas Pams | 1792 | 1796 |
| Marc Joseph Barthe | 1796 | 1797 |
| Jean Claret | 1797 | 1799 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lajou | 1799 | 1802 |
| Joseph Pams | 1802 | 1803 |
| Raphaël Vaquer | 1803 | 1808 |
| Bonaventure Vidal | 1808 | 1811 |
| Jacques Vidal | 1811 | 1812 |
| Joseph Pams | 1812 | 1814 |
| Marc Barthe | 1814[3] | 1830 |
| Jean Vidal-Estrade | 1830 | 1843 |
| Alexandre Barthe | 1843 | 1848 |
| Honoré Trilles | 1848 | 1848 |
| Joseph Castell | 1848 | 1850 |
| Joseph Bertrand | 1850 | 1851 |
| Jean Vidal-Estrade | 1851 | 1851 |
| Gaspard Daudiès | 1851 | 1855 |
| François Castell-Ayrolles | 1855 | 1858 |
| André Baron | 1858 | 1861 |
| Bonaventure Vidal-Angles | 1861 | 1870 |
| Joseph Castell | 1870 | 1871 |
| Bonaventure Vidal-Angles | 1871 | 1876 |
| Joseph Lanes-Claret | 1876 | 1877 |
| Laurent Calmon | 1877 | 1878 |
| Adolphe Cambriels | 1878 | 1878 |
| Jean Baron-Castany | 1878 | 1896 |
| Frédéric Parazols | 1896 | 1900 |
| Ernest Castell-Forner | 1900 | 1905 |
| Paul Crouzet | 1905 | 1906 |
| François Montagne | 1906 | 1914 |
| François Carrère | 1914 | 1917 |
| François Montagne | 1917 | 1919 |
| Fernand Brégoulat | 1919 | 1941 |
| Jean Tardiu | 1941 | 1942 |
| Alphonse Barrau | 1942 | 1944 |
| Jean Torrent | 1944 | 1947 |
| Arthur Conte | 1947 | 1972 |
| René Comes | 1972 | 1989 |
| Marie-Claude Grégoire | 1989 | 1995 |
| Sylvain Dagues | 1995 | 2001 |
| Marie-Claude Grégoire | 2001 | 2008 |
| Jean-Jacques Lopez | 2008 |
Population
Population 1962–2008
Sites of interest
- Fort de Salses
- The Gate of the Catalan Countries is located in Salses.
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References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Maires GenWeb". francegenweb.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- Re-appointed as mayor during the Hundred Days in 1815, (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Salses, le 31 mai 1815 , 10 february 2014
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