Le Barcarès

Le Barcarès

El Barcarès
Le Barcarès El Barcarès
Commune
	The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 42°47′21″N 3°02′11″E / 42.7892°N 3.0364°ECoordinates: 42°47′21″N 3°02′11″E / 42.7892°N 3.0364°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Côte Salanquaise
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Ferrand (CNIP)
Area 1	11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,885
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/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.

Le Barcarès (French pronunciation: [lə baʁkaʁɛs] (listen); Catalan: El Barcarès) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

History[]

At the end of the Spanish Civil War, Le Barcarès was the site of a camp housing Republican escapees from Spain.^[2] Conditions were slightly better than at other camps, as most internees sent there had indicated a willingness to return to Spain.^[3]

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

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%
2016	5,915	+47.2%

Notable people[]

Georges Candilis (1913-1995), Greek architect and urbanist who participated to the conception of Port-Barcarès.

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Thomas, Hugh (2012). The Spanish Civil War (50th Anniversary ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-141-01161-5.
^ Beevor, Antony (2006). The Battle for Spain. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 456. ISBN 978 0 7538 2165 7.

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[1] "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

[2] Thomas, Hugh (2012). The Spanish Civil War (50th Anniversary ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 855. ISBN 978-0-141-01161-5.

[3] Beevor, Antony (2006). The Battle for Spain. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 456. ISBN 978 0 7538 2165 7.

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