Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Orientales

Sainte -Marie (official name, too: Sainte -Marie- la -Mer, Catalan: Santa Maria la Mar) is a commune with 4650 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 Perpignan and Canet -en- Roussillon.

Sainte -Marie consists of two villages: Sainte -Marie village 15 kilometers east of Perpignan and Sainte -Marie- Plage on the coast of the Mediterranean.

Demographics

Attractions

  • The Church of Sainte -Marie with a pentagonal apse Roman ( late 12th or early 13th century ) ( Monument historique )
  • Remnants of the old city wall

The Tour d' Horloge

The Church, Apse

The Church, Apse

The church, detail

The church, interior view

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Perpignan Cantons of France Canton of Canet-en-Roussillon Postal codes in France France Ansignan Cabestany Canet-en-Roussillon Caramany Castelnou, Pyrénées-Orientales Elne Latour-de-France Rivesaltes Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Thuir Torreilles
701902
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