Salses-le-Château

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Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E / 42.83361, 2.91972

Commune of Salses-le-Château Entrance of the Fort de Salses
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Rivesaltes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Rivesaltais - Agly - Manadeil
Mayor	Marie-Claude Grégoire (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–354 m (avg. 12 m)
Land area¹	71.28 km²
Population² (1999)	2,513
- Density	35/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Salses-le-Château is a town and commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France.

[edit] History

It was situated along the ancient Roman road Via Domitia.

[edit] Sights

• Fort de Salses
• The Gate of the Catalan Countries is located in Salses.