Argelès-sur-Mer


Argelès-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is about 25 km from Perpignan.

Geography

Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Argelès-sur-Mer is on the Côte Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range, close to the Spanish border. It has the longest beach in the Pyrenées Orientales.

History

During World War II, Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a concentration camp, where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned next to a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government after the defeat of the Spanish Republic. The refugees streamed to the camp from the winter of 1938/39 after the collapse of the Catalan front following the rebel offensive.

Government and politics

Mayors

MayorTerm startTerm end
Assiscle Bech17901791
Jean Grando17911793
Joseph Arman17931794
Jean Matignon17941794
Damien Padallé17941796
Bonaventure Verges17961796
François-Xavier Boluix17961798
Joseph Arman17981799
François-Xavier Boluix17991800
Marc Surjus18001813
Côme Ferran1813June 1815
Paul PujasJune 1815? 1815
Jean Azéma18151816
Isidore Ferrer18161821
Bonaventure Verges18211821
Pierre Padallé18211827
Bonaventure Julia18271829
Joseph Arman18291830
Pierre Padallé18301831
Joseph Arman18311837
Jean Germain Pujol18371840
Alphonse Sebe18401848
François Sine18481848
Assiscle Padallé Bocamy18481848
François Padallé Siné18481848
Thomas Bech18481852
Joseph Azema18521855
Germain Barbie18551865
Côme Ferran Comes18651870
Joseph Baylet18701870
Étienne Pujol18701874
Jacques Lanquine18741876
Étienne Pujol18761877
Michel Moret18771878
Étienne Pujol18781890
Jean Padallé Bocamy18901892
Marc Surjus-Coste18921893
Pierre Moreto18931902
Marc Surjus-Coste19021908
Louis Courtais19081912
Côme Anglade19121914
Vincent Rouzaud19141915
Dieudonné Vinyes19151918
Côme Anglade19181919
Louis Courtais19191922
Frédéric Trescases19441945
Joseph Farre19451947
Germain Farre19471947
Frédéric Trescases19471953
Gaston Pams19531981
Isidore Fourriques19811983
Jean Carrère19832001
Pierre Aylagas20012016
Antoine Parra2016

Population and society

Demography

Education

Sports

is the rugby union club of Argelès-sur-Mer.

Culture

Sites of interest

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