• Source: Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

      • Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl də fənujɛ] ; Languedocien: Sant Pau de Fenolhet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.


      Geography


      Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.


      Government and politics




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      Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is twinned with the town of Ennis in the Republic of Ireland.


      Population




      Sites of interest


      The church of the chapter of Saint-Paul, built between the 14th and 17th centuries and protected as a monument historique since 1989.
      The Saint-Antoine de Galamus hermitage, built in the 15th century, and described in 1821 by Joseph Antoine Cervini and Antoine Ignace Melling as the « most beautiful wonder of Roussillon ».


      Coat of arms



      It is said that the coat of arms has a relationship with Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, 1st Prince de Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809) and Marshal of the Empire whose coat of arms has the sword pointing up, in recognition for his relationship with Marie Antoinette and Marius Fenouillet during the First Empire.


      Notable people


      Renada-Laura Portet (1927-2021), writer and linguist


      See also


      Corbières Massif
      Fenolheda
      Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department


      References

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