Port-Vendres

Port- Vendres (Catalan Portvendres ) is a commune with 4240 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Pyrénées- Orientales in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. It belongs to the district of the canton of Ceret and Vermilion. It lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea near the border with Spain. Neighboring communities of Port- Vendres are: Collioure in the north, Banyuls -sur -Mer in the south and Argeles- sur -Mer on the west.

Demographics

Attractions

• The port
• The church of Notre -Dame de Bonne Nouvelle (1888 )
• The Redoute du beacon (1673/1700) for the mounting of the port
• The Tour de l' Horloge, a last remnant of the Redoute de la Presqu'ile
• The Baie des Paulilles
• The Cap Béar north of the town with the Fort Béar, a fortress from the 19th century, and the Lighthouse ( 1861)
• The Fort Saint -Elme from the time of Charles V and the Fort Dugommier
• The Tour Madeloc ( 1285)

The port

The Church

Cap Béar

The Baie des Paulilles

Fishing nets in the port

Personalities

• Tina Aumont (1946-2006), actress, died in Port- Vendres.
• Estella Blain (1930-1982), actress, died in Port- Vendres.
• Gilbert Brutus (1887-1944), rugby player and coach, born in Port- Vendres.
• Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette (1769-1834), mathematician and Hydrography Teacher, 1793 in Collioure and Port -Vendres.
• Pierre Jean Jean ( 1924 - ), rugby player, was born in Port- Vendres.
• Joseph Pascot (1897-1974), politician, was born in Port- Vendres.
• Pam Gaston (1918-1981), Senator and Mayor of Argelès -sur -Mer, born in Port- Vendres.
• Jean Vernette (1929-2002), priest, born in Port- Vendres.

Twinning

• United States Yorktown (Virginia ) (USA)