Salses-le-Château
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Salses-le-Château Salses |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly | |
| Community association | Corbières Salanque Méditerranée | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 55 ′ E | |
| height | 0-354 m | |
| surface | 71.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,501 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 66600 | |
| INSEE code | 66190 | |
Salses-le-Château ( Salses in Catalan ) is a French commune with 3501 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region , which is best known for the early modern fort of Salses .
For centuries, the Roussillon was a border region contested between France and Spain, which is why there was a great need for fortifications. The peculiarity of the fort in Salses-le-Château is that it marks the transition from the medieval castle to the modern fortress .
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