Salses-le-Château

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Salses-le-Château
Salses
Salses-le-Château (France)
Salses-le-Château
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 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

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 .

Salses-le-Château fortress
St. Stephen's Church
Cellar in the fortress

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