Rivesaltes
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| Coordinates: 42°46′11″N 2°52′29″E / 42.7697°N 2.8747°ECoordinates: 42°46′11″N 2°52′29″E / 42.7697°N 2.8747°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | André Bascou[1] (LR) |
| Area 1 | 28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 8,756 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66164 /66600 |
| Elevation | 11–70 m (36–230 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rivesaltes (French pronunciation: [ʁivzalt] (
listen); Catalan: Ribesaltes, which means the high shores) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography[]
Rivesaltes is in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Map of Rivesaltes and its surrounding communes
Politics and administration[]
Mayors[]
Twin towns[]
Rivesaltes is twinned with:
- Calgary, Canada
- Chennai, India
- Rangoon, Myanmar
- Yaren, Nauru
- Ramallah, Palestine
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Chipping Norton, United Kingdom- - Clitheroe, United Kingdom
- - Whalley, United Kingdom
- - Wilpshire, United Kingdom
Population[]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 6,442 | — |
| 1975 | 6,589 | +0.32% |
| 1982 | 6,781 | +0.41% |
| 1990 | 7,110 | +0.59% |
| 1999 | 7,940 | +1.23% |
| 2007 | 8,625 | +1.04% |
| 2012 | 8,201 | −1.00% |
| 2017 | 8,610 | +0.98% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Economy[]
- Wine
Fortified wine is produced around Rivesaltes, as Rivesaltes AOC.
Sites of interest[]
The Rivesaltes memorial museum[]
- The Camp de Rivesaltes is situated on the outskirts of the city. The Rivesaltes memorial museum is now fully open and commemorates the history of this major French concentration camp from 1939 to 2007.
Notable people[]
- Joseph Joffre (1852–1931), general, born in Rivesaltes, who became prominent in the battles of World War I.
- Michel Parès (1887-1966), politician born in Rivesaltes.
See also[]
- Camp de Rivesaltes
- Perpignan - Rivesaltes Airport
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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