Calce
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | Le Ribéral | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 54-330 m | |
| surface | 23.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 210 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66600 | |
| INSEE code | 66030 | |
| Website | http://www.calce.fr/ | |
 Mas de las Fonts castle |
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Calce is a municipality with 210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region in southwest France . Calce is part of the canton of Le Ribéral (until 2015: canton of Saint-Estève ). The inhabitants are called Calçois or Calcéens .
geography
Calce is located about nine kilometers northwest of the city center of Perpignan on the Agly River and is in the wine-growing regions of Rivesaltes and Côtes du Roussillon and Côtes du Roussillon-Villages . Calce is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cases-de-Pène in the north, Baixas in the east, Villeneuve-la-Rivière in the southeast, Pézilla-la-Rivière in the south, Montner in the west and Estagel in the west.
history
The old town is first mentioned in 843 as Calcenum .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 150 | 135 | 116 | 124 | 161 | 185 | 214 | 217 |
Attractions
- Saint-Paul church from the 15th century
- old church Saint-Paul from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, only survived in ruins
- Sainte-Marie church in Las Fonts from the 12th century as part of the Mas de Las Fonts castle
- Mas de Las Fonts castle from the 12th and 15th centuries, monument historique since 1993
