Palalda

View of Palalda

Palalda is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, now part of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.

Geography

Palalda is located above the river Tech, to the northeast of Amélie-les-Bains and to the east of Montbolo.

History

The first mention of Palalda is from the year 814, as being the western limit of the territory of Céret.

On 1 October 1942, the commune of Palalda is linked to Amélie-les-Bains to create the new commune of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.^[1]

Coordinates: 42°29′02″N 2°40′29″E / 42.48389°N 2.67472°E

Politics and administration

Canton

In 1790, Palalda is included in the canton of Arles, which remains the same after being united to Amélie-les-bains in 1942.^[1]

Mayors

Beginnin	End	Name[2]
1844	1847	François Vilascèque
1847	1849	Martin Bardetis
1849	16.4.1855	Martin Pagès
16.5.1855	2.5.1857	Martin Forga
2.5.1857	1870	Jean Cambouliu
1870	2.1874	François Alduy
2.1874	8.10.1876	Jean Bartre
8.10.1876	30.9.1883	Sauveur Dalmau
30.9.1883	21.5.1884	Pierre Dejaule
21.5.1884	20.5.1888	Joseph Cabanes
20.5.1888	26.11.1899	Laurent Alduy
26.11.1899	15.5.1904	Joseph Dagues (father)
15.05.1904	25.5.1914	Joseph Dagues (son)
25.5.1914	10.12.1919	Louis Villacèque
10.12.1919	22.12.1921	François Dagues
22.12.1921	24.1.1922	Jean Garrigue
29.1.1922	17.5.1925	Joseph Pauly
17.5.1925	19.5.1929	Antoine Forga
19.5.1929	19.5.1935	Joseph Baux
19.5.1935	27.7.1941	Michel Fons
21.8.1941	1.10.1942	Marti

Demography

Ancien Régime

Population under the Ancien Régime is calculated either in number of feu fiscal (f, fire tax), or in number of inhabitants (H).

Historical population of Palalda
(Source: Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986)

Year	1378	1470	1515	1553	1709	1720	1730	1767	1774	1789	1790
Population	21 f	10 f	14 f	14 f	101 f	100 f	112 f	546 H	120 f	200 f	646 H

Modern times

Historical population of Palalda
(Source: Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986)

Year	1794	1796	1800	1804	1806	1820	1826	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936
Population	397	529	522	524	573	594	610	614	655	710	772	783	758	757	839	810	908	850	800	1117	914	800	886	953	902	1142	1172	1363

Sites of interest

• The romanesque church of Saint Martin, built in the 12th century and partly rebuilt between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Saint Martin church

Culture

Poetry

• Confidences d'un moutard parisien (1912) is a poem by the writer Marc Anfossi^[3] which mentions Palalda, Montbolo and Montalba-d'Amélie.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

Notes

1. Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
2. MairesGenWeb
3. Fabricio Cardenas (24 June 2015). "Ode aux environs d'Amélie-les-Bains en 1912". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2016.