Le Barcarès
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Barcarès
|native name = {{native name|ca|El Barcarès}}
|commune status = Commune
|image = Canigou murano.jpg
|caption = The Pic du Canigou seen from Port Murano, in Barcarès
|image coat of arms = Escut del Barcarès.svg
|arrondissement = Perpignan
|canton = La Côte Salanquaise
|INSEE = 66017
|postal code = 66420
|term = 2020–2026
|party = LR
|intercommunality = Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|42.7892|3.0364|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 1
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 4
|area km2 = 11.65
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|demonym = barcarésien (fr)
barcaresenc (ca)
}}
Le Barcarès ({{IPA|fr|lə baʁkaʁɛs|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Le Barcarès.wav}}; {{langx|ca|El Barcarès}} {{IPA|ca|əɫ bərkəˈɾɛs|}}) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
History
During the mid 19th century, Le Barcarès was created as a small fishing village which developed until the mid- 20th century prior to the local economy redirecting towards the tourism industry.{{cite book | last=Heikell | first=Rod | title=Mediterranean France & Corsica pilot | publisher=Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson | publication-place=St Ives, Cambridgeshire | date=1997 | isbn=0-85288-274-2 | oclc=37794583}}
File:Le Barcares fishing village.jpg
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, Le Barcarès was the site of a camp housing Republican escapees from Spain.{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Hugh |title=The Spanish Civil War |date=2012 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-141-01161-5 |page=855 |edition=50th Anniversary}} Conditions were slightly better than at other camps, as most internees sent there had indicated a willingness to return to Spain.{{cite book |last1=Beevor |first1=Antony |title=The Battle for Spain |date=2006 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=978-0-7538-2165-7 |page=456}}
Geography
= Localisation =
Le Barcarès is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.
File:Map commune FR insee code 66017.png
{{Adjacent communities|width=auto
| CENTER=Le Barcarès
| NORTHWEST=Salses-le-Château,
Saint-Hippolyte
(both by a quinquepoint only)
| NORTHEAST=
| WEST=Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
| EAST=Mediterranean Sea
| SOUTHWEST=
| SOUTH=Torreilles
| SOUTHEAST=
}}
Government and politics
;Mayors
| class="wikitable" |
| Mayor
! Term start ! Term end |
|---|
| Albert Got
| align=center|May 1953 | align=center|March 1983 |
| Yvon Blanc
| align=center|March 1983 | align=center|March 1989 |
| Claude Got
| align=center|March 1989 | align=center|June 1995 |
| Alain Ferrand
| align=center|June 1995 | align=center|March 1999 |
| Joëlle Ferrand
| align=center|May 1999 | align=center|June 2011 |
| Marie Roses
| align=center|June 2011 | align=center|August 2011 |
| Alain Ferrand
| align=center|August 2011 | |
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-66017#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1197
|1975 |1347
|1982 |2208
|1990 |2422
|1999 |3514
|2007 |4005
|2012 |4080
|2017 |5915
}}
Notable people
- Georges Candilis (1913-1995), Greek architect and urbanist who participated to the conception of Port-Barcarès.
See also
References
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{{Pyrénées-Orientales communes}}
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Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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