Laroque-des-Albères
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| Commune of Laroque-des-Albères | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02°55'58" E |
| Latitude | 41°32'26" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Argelès-sur-Mer |
| Mayor | Maryse Armada (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 42 m–1,245 m (avg. 110 m) |
| Land area¹ | 20.51 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,909 |
| - Density (1999) | 93/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66093/ 66740 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Laroque-des-Albères (Catalan: La Roca d'Albera) is a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département. It is part of the Roussillon comarca. The town lays in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southwestern France.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Main sights
- The castle (12th century), one of the finest examples of incastellamento in the area.
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