Le Barcarès

Le Barcarès
El Barcarès

The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès

Coat of arms
Le Barcarès

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 Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Alain Ferrand (CNIP)
Area1 11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 4,080
  Density 350/km2 (910/sq mi)
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.

2 Population 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.

Geography

Le Barcarès is located in the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Le Barcarès and its surrounding 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
YearPop.±%
1962775    
19681,197+54.5%
19751,347+12.5%
19822,208+63.9%
19902,422+9.7%
19993,514+45.1%
20064,033+14.8%
20094,018−0.4%

Notable people

See also

References

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