Palau-del-Vidre

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Palau-del-Vidre
Palau del Vidre
Palau-del-Vidre coat of arms
Palau-del-Vidre (France)
Palau-del-Vidre
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Ceret
Canton La Cote Vermeille
Community association Albères, Côte Vermeille et l'Illibéris
Coordinates 42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  E
height 9-46 m
surface 10.41 km 2
Residents 3,142 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 302 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66690
INSEE code 66133
Website http://www.palau-del-vidre.com

Center of Palau-del-Vidre

Palau-del-Vidre ( Catalan Palau del Vidre ) is a French commune with 3,142 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of the Occitania region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Céret and the canton of La Côte Vermeille . The place is in the valley of the Tech River .

Palau-del-Vidre is known for its glassblowers who have been based there since the Middle Ages. The Catalan place name is derived from the tradition of glass blowing. Every year in August, the town hosts the international festival "Les Arts du Verre", to which glass artists from all over Europe travel.

Population development

  • 1962: 1,238
  • 1968: 1,330
  • 1975: 1.417
  • 1982: 1,738
  • 1990: 2.004
  • 1999: 2.117
  • 2007: 2,607

Attractions

  • Center with remains of a city wall
  • Church Saint-Sébastien (12th century), the hall of the former castle
  • Retable of Saint-Michel and Saint-Hippolyte in the church, 1454
  • Tabernacle (1609) by Honorat Rigau, 1609 in the Saint-Sébastien church
  • Recreation area with the Lac Sant Marti
  • Château de Villeclare with its Romanesque chapel Saint-Pierre de Vilaclara

  • Saint-Sébastien church

  • Saint-Sébastien church at Christmas

  • Retable with Saint-Michel and Saint-Hippolyte, 1454

  • Retable with Saint Jean-l'Evangéliste, 1461

  • Tabernacle by Honorat Rigau, 1609 (closed)

  • Tabernacle by Honorat Rigau, 1609 (open)

  • Portal of the Church

  • Château de Villeclare

  • Romanesque chapel Saint-Pierre de Vilaclara

  • Lac Sant Marti with the Canigou in the background

  • Wayside shrine Sant Galdric

Web links

Commons : Palau-del-Vidre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Palau = palace and Vidre = glass
  2. ↑ http://www.palau-verrier.com/ , accessed on December 28, 2015.