Laroque-des-Albères
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Commune of Laroque-des-Albères |
|
| Location | |
  |
|
| 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. | |
 |
|
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.
 |
This Catalonia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This Pyrénées-Orientales geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
