Laroque-des-Albères
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Commune of Laroque-des-Albères |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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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. | |
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.