Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
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Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Sant Llorenç de la Salanca |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Côte Salanquaise (main town) | |
| Community association | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 0-7 m | |
| surface | 12.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,246 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 827 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66250 | |
| INSEE code | 66180 | |
 Étang de Leucate and Pic du Canigou |
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Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque ( Occitan : Sant Llorenç de la Salanca ) is a French commune with 10,246 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region .
location
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque is only about five kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea ( Le Barcarès ) and only about two kilometers south of the Étang de Leucate . The distance to Perpignan is about 15 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction.
Population development
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3649 | 3971 | 4523 | 7186 | 7932 | 8440 | 10,246 |
At the first census in 1793, the place had over 1,600 inhabitants. In the 19th century the population rose to over 5,000. Immediately after the Second World War, the place had just over 3,000 inhabitants.
economy
In the coastal region of Roselló ( Roussillon ), agriculture and viticulture are practiced to a small extent. The bathing, boat and surfing tourism as well as the rental of holiday homes ( gîtes ) play the largest role in the economic life of the place.
history
The first mention of the place goes back to the year 981 ( Villa Sancti Laurenti ). At that time, the place surrounded by salt water marshes ( salanques ) belonged - like the entire area of Roussillon - to the county of Barcelona , and later to the Crown of Aragon or the Kingdom of Mallorca . Roussillon has been French since the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659). Today's Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque was not created until 1929 after the split from Le Barcarès.
coat of arms
Blazon : Split on the left. Field one shows a silver sailing boat placed on the azure blue; Field two shows a golden, staked grate on red.
Attractions
The place, which has grown enormously in the last few decades, offers no sights. Excursions to the Mediterranean or the Étang de Leucate or - in another direction - to the mountains of the hinterland offer a little variety. The Fort of Salses is only about ten kilometers to the northwest.
Personalities
- Fernand Siré (* 1945), politician
Web links
- Saint Laurent - City website (French)