Leucate
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{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Leucate
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Leucate (Aude).svg
|arrondissement = Narbonne
|image = Leucate Plage (Aude), view from Etang.jpg
|caption = A general view of Leucate
|canton = Les Corbières Méditerranée
|INSEE = 11202
|postal code = 11370
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Grand Narbonne
|coordinates = {{coord|42.9105|3.0294|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 25
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 70
|area km2 = 23.55
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Leucate ({{IPA|fr|løkat|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Leucate.wav}}; {{langx|oc|Leucata}}) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the lagoon Étang de Leucate.
Geography
File:Port Leucate (Aude), Oasis, plage naturiste 08-01.jpg
Leucate is on the Mediterranean coast of France. It is part of the eastern Corbières Massif, which are called the Corbières maritimes. It is around {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Narbonne, and around {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Perpignan.
On a clear day, the Phare du Cap Leucate offers a view over the French Mediterranean Sea from the Spanish border to the south to the Camargue to the east.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-11202#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1233
|1975 |1244
|1982 |1968
|1990 |2177
|1999 |2732
|2007 |3655
|2012 |4148
|2017 |4428
}}
Urban morphology
The town stretches over five tourist attractions, from north to south:
- La Franqui
- Leucate village
- Leucate beach (Leucate plage)
- The naturist village (Village naturiste) on the island of Correggio
- Port-Leucate.
Personalities
- Henry de Monfreid, adventurer and author
- Françoise de Cezelli (1558–1615) knight and French female war hero
- André Héléna (1919–1972) author
- Christophe Neff geographer
See also
Sources
- Nöel Hautemanière and Jacques Hiron: Leucate : plein cadre; livre de photographies. Toreilles, 2004, {{ISBN|2-9516053-3-1}}.
- Christophe Neff: Kulturlandschaftswandel, Fremdenverkehr und Biodiversität auf der Halbinsel Leucate (Dept. Aude / Frankreich). In: Fremdenverkehrsgebiete des Mittelmeerraumes im Umbruch. Beiträge der Tagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographische Mittelmeerländer-Forschung“ vom 11.-13. Oktober 1996 in Regensburg. Regensburger Geographische Schriften, Heft 27, S. 99-135, Regensburg, 1998, {{ISBN|3-88246-193-4}}
- Christophe Neff : Observation géographiques et floristiques sur la presqu'île de Leucate. In: Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nîmes et Gard, T. 62, 1999, 23-34.
- Christophe Neff and Peter Frankenberg : Reflexions géobotaniques sur les plantes échappees de jardins: L´example de Euphorbia dendroides et d´autres espèces ornementales dans la région de Leucate et dans les Corbières maritimes (Aude, France). In : Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nîmes et Gard, T. 63, 2001, 7- 10.
- Christophe Neff : Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ? In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, {{ISBN|2-84299-452-3}}).
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Leucate}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031214054705/http://www.leucate.net/index.asp Leucate.net]}} {{in lang|fr}}
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