• Source: Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet-en-Roussillon (French pronunciation: [kane ɑ̃ ʁusijɔ̃]; Catalan: Canet de Rosselló, [kəˈnɛt ˈde rusəˈʎo]; Occitan: Canet de Rosselhon, [kaˈnet de ruseˈʎu]) is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.




Geography


Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan, 9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.




History


The city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.
With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849. As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.




Government and politics






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Canet-en-Roussillon is twinned with:

Maynooth, Ireland




Population






Sites of interest



The medieval castle ;
The Saint-James church ;
The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor ;
The old village ;
The sea front.




Notable people


Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.
Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.




See also


Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
Gare de Perpignan murders - a victim was found in Canet-en-Roussillon.
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - an air crash that happened 7 kilometers from the commune.




References






External links


Media related to Canet-en-Roussillon at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Pyrénées-Orientales
• Alénya
• Christian Carion
• Maynooth
• Arondisemen Lodève
• Arondisemen Carcassonne
• Arondisemen Limoux
• Arondisemen Montpellier
• Arondisemen Narbonne
• Arondisemen Béziers
• Canet-en-Roussillon
• Canet Roussillon
• Canton of Canet-en-Roussillon
• Canet
• Canet Roussillon FC
• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
• Swimming in India
• Mare Nostrum (swimming)
• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Pyrénées-Orientales