Canet-en-Roussillon
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The sea front and the beach at Canet-en-Roussillon
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 42°42′24″N 3°00′28″E / 42.7067°N 3.0078°ECoordinates: 42°42′24″N 3°00′28″E / 42.7067°N 3.0078°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | Canet-en-Roussillon | |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Bernard Dupont | |
| Area1 | 30.22 km2 (11.67 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 12,436 | |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66037 / 66140 | |
| Elevation | 0–37 m (0–121 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Canet-en-Roussillon (Catalan: Canet de Rosselló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of Canet-en-Roussillon and in the arrondissement of Perpignan,9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.
The city walls are destroyed in the 19th century.
With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales is created by Louise Lombard in 1849. As soon as 1854 are established municipal laws to rule types of bathing suits and separated zones of sea bathing for men and women.
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