Canet-en-Roussillon (; , ; , ) is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.

Geography

Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan, to the east of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

History

The city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.

With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849. As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.

Government and politics

Mayors

thumb|Signature of mayor Basile Darbon in 1910.

International relations

Canet-en-Roussillon is twinned with:

• Maynooth, Ireland

Population

Sites of interest

• The medieval castle;

• The Saint-James church;

• The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor;

• The old village;

• Canet-Saint-Nazaire lake;

• The sea front.

Notable people

• Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.

• Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

• Gare de Perpignan murders - a victim was found in Canet-en-Roussillon.

• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - an air crash that happened 7 kilometers from the commune.

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