Rivesaltes
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Rivesaltes Ribesaltes |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly (main town) | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 11-70 m | |
| surface | 28.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,610 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 299 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66600 | |
| INSEE code | 66164 | |
| Website | www.mairie-rivesaltes.fr | |
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Rivesaltes ( Catalan : Ribesaltes ) is a municipality with 8610 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region in southern France . The municipality is located about eight kilometers north of Perpignan and ten kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. The inhabitants are called Rivesaltais .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Residents | 5910 | 6442 | 6589 | 6781 | 7110 | 7940 | 8496 | 8169 | 8678 | 8647 |
economy
Rivesaltes is the namesake for the Rivesaltes wine-growing region and for the Muscat de Rivesaltes . In the municipality, wines are also grown under the designations of origin Côtes du Roussillon and Côtes du Roussillon-Villages .
Town twinning
Rivesaltes has a sister parish in England with Clitheroe in the county of Lancashire .
Personalities
- Joseph Joffre (1852–1931), military officer and marshal
See also
- Camp de Rivesaltes (memorial)
Web links
Commons : Rivesaltes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
