Le Soler
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Vallée de la Têt (main town) | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 43-92 m | |
| surface | 10.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,710 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 745 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66270 | |
| INSEE code | 66195 | |
.jpg) Le Soler Town Hall |
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Le Soler ( catalan: El Soler ) is a French commune in the department of Pyrenees-Orientales in the region Occitania . The municipality has an area of 10.35 km² and has 7710 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Le Soler belongs to the Arrondissement of Perpignan and the canton of La Vallée de la Têt .
geography
Le Soler, which lies on the Têt, is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villeneuve-la-Rivière in the north, Baho in the northeast, Perpignan in the east, Toulouges in the southeast, Thuir in the south and southwest, Saint-Feliur-d'Avall in the west and Pézilla -la-Rivière in the northwest.
Le Soler is part of the Rivesaltes and Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing regions . Among other things, the Muscat de Rivesaltes is produced here . The national route 116 runs through the municipality . The station is on the Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent line .
The municipality includes the localities of Sainte-Eugénie, Cases de Sant Père, Le Mas de l'Eula, Monyas and Campellanes.
history
Le Soler is in Celtic oppidum from the 8th/7. Century BC. Solario Ferréoli is mentioned in the fifth century AD . As an allod, it was given to different landlords in the following centuries. The plague raged here from 1591 to 1592.
Population development
- 1962: 2.141
- 1968: 2,715
- 1975: 3.340
- 1982: 4,401
- 1990: 5.147
- 1999: 5,825
- 2006: 6,524
- 2011: 7.141
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie de l'Eula , attested since 1174
Personalities
- Frédérick Bousquet (* 1981), swimmer, meanwhile European and world record holder (relay: 4 × 50 meters, 4 × 100 meters)
