Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet -en- Roussillon is a French municipality with 13,091 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Pyrénées- Orientales in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. It belongs to the district and Perpignan is the capital of the canton of Canet -en- Roussillon.

Geography

Canet -en- Roussillon is located east of Perpignan on the Mediterranean coast. The Tet flows south of Canet into the sea. The southern part of the village adjacent to the brackish, three kilometers long and up to two kilometers wide Etang de Canet -Saint- Nazaire.

Neighboring communities of Canet -en- Roussillon are: Sainte -Marie in the north, Villelongue -de- la- Salt marsh in the northwest, Perpignan and CABESTANY in the West, Saint- Nazaire Saint-Cyprien in the southwest and the south.

Demographics

Attractions

  • The Château Vicomtal from the mid-11th century
  • The chapel at the Château Saint-Martin, also from the mid-11th century
  • The church of Saint -Jacques, in 1241 first mentioned
  • Ten fishermen's huts of reeds and wood, built on historical models 1993
  • The Old Town
  • The beach

The church of Saint -Jacques

Chapel Saint -Martin

Northwest corner of the Château

Historic fishing hut with the " Etang " and the Canigou in the background

Personalities

  • Arlette Franco (1939-2010), Mayor of Canet (1989-2010), Member of Parliament in the National Assembly and former vice president of the Fédération Française de Natation.
  • Marc Fontan ( born 1956 ), motorcycle racer
  • Hervé Alicarte ( b. 1974 ), football coach
  • Laure Manaudou ( born 1986 ), Women's Swimming, 2006-2007 belonged to the club Canet 66 Natation
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Perpignan Cantons of France Canton of Canet-en-Roussillon Postal codes in France France Ansignan Caramany Castelnou, Pyrénées-Orientales Elne Latour-de-France Rivesaltes Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Thuir Torreilles
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