Laroque-des-Albères

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Coordinates: 42°31′26″N 2°55′58″E / 42.5238888889, 2.93277777778

Commune of Laroque-des-Albères

Location
Laroque-des-Albères (France)
Laroque-des-Albères
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Argelès-sur-Mer
Mayor Jean-Pierre Bagate
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 42 m–1,245 m
(avg. 110 m)
Land area¹ 20.51 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,909
 - Density 93/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66093/ 66740
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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.