Salses-le-Château |
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Entrance of the Fort de Salses | |
Salses-le-Château
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Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Rivesaltes |
Intercommunality | Rivesaltais–Agly–Manadeil |
Mayor | Marie-Claude Grégoire (2001–2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 0–354 m (0–1,161 ft) (avg. 12 m/39 ft) |
Land area1 | 71.28 km2 (27.52 sq mi) |
Population2 | 2,894 (2006) |
- Density | 41 /km2 (110 /sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66190/ 66600 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Salses-le-Château or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is located near the city of Perpignan.