Salses-le-Château
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Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E / 42.83361°N 2.91972°E
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Commune of Salses-le-Château |
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 Entrance of the Fort de Salses |
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| Location | |
  Salses-le-Château
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | Rivesaltes |
| Intercommunality | Rivesaltais–Agly–Manadeil |
| Mayor | Marie-Claude Grégoire (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–354 m (0–1,200 ft) (avg. 12 m/39 ft) |
| Land area1 | 71.28 km2 (27.52 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 2,894 (2006) |
| - Density | 41 /km² (110 /sq mi) |
| 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 or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is located near the city of Perpignan.
[edit] Sights
- Fort de Salses
- The Gate of the Catalan Countries is located in Salses.
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