| Argelès-sur-Mer | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Argelès-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Céret |
| Canton: | La Côte Vermeille |
| Insee: | 66008 |
| Postal Code: | 66700 |
| Mayor: | Antoine Parra[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Albères Côte Vermeille Illibéris |
| Coordinates: | 42.5449°N 3.0235°W |
| Elevation M: | 16 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1099 |
| Area Km2: | 58.67 |
Argelès-sur-Mer (in French pronounced as /aʁʒəlɛs syʁ mɛʁ/, literally Argelès on Sea; Catalan; Valencian: Argelers de la Marenda or Catalan; Valencian: Argelers in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /əɾʒəˈles/; Occitan (post 1500);: Argelers de Mar), commonly known as Argelès, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the administrative region of Occitania, France.[2]
It is about 25 km from Perpignan.
Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Argelès-sur-Mer is on the Côte Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range, close to the Spanish border. It has the longest beach in the Pyrenées Orientales.
See main article: Camp de concentration d'Argelès-sur-Mer.
In 1939, the Argelés concentration camp was created on the beaches near the town. At its peak in March 1939, the camp contained about 100,000 Spaniards, mostly soldiers of the defeated Spanish Republican Army.[3]
During World War II, Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a concentration camp, where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned next to a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government after the defeat of the Spanish Republic. The refugees streamed to the camp from the winter of 1938/39 after the collapse of the Catalan front following the rebel offensive.[4]
| Mayor[5] [6] | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assiscle Bech | 1790 | 1791 | |
| Jean Grando | 1791 | 1793 | |
| Joseph Arman | 1793 | 1794 | |
| Jean Matignon | 1794 | 1794 | |
| Damien Padallé | 1794 | 1796 | |
| Bonaventure Verges | 1796 | 1796 | |
| François-Xavier Boluix | 1796 | 1798 | |
| Joseph Arman | 1798 | 1799 | |
| François-Xavier Boluix | 1799 | 1800 | |
| Marc Surjus | 1800 | 1813 | |
| Côme Ferran | 1813 | June 1815 | |
| Paul Pujas[7] | June 1815 | ? 1815 | |
| Jean Azéma | 1815 | 1816 | |
| Isidore Ferrer | 1816 | 1821 | |
| Bonaventure Verges | 1821 | 1821 | |
| Pierre Padallé | 1821 | 1827 | |
| Bonaventure Julia | 1827 | 1829 | |
| Joseph Arman | 1829 | 1830 | |
| Pierre Padallé | 1830 | 1831 | |
| Joseph Arman | 1831 | 1837 | |
| Jean Germain Pujol | 1837 | 1840 | |
| Alphonse Sebe | 1840 | 1848 | |
| François Sine | 1848 | 1848 | |
| Assiscle Padallé Bocamy | 1848 | 1848 | |
| François Padallé Siné | 1848 | 1848 | |
| Thomas Bech | 1848 | 1852 | |
| Joseph Azema | 1852 | 1855 | |
| Germain Barbie | 1855 | 1865 | |
| Côme Ferran Comes | 1865 | 1870 | |
| Joseph Baylet | 1870 | 1870 | |
| Étienne Pujol | 1870 | 1874 | |
| Jacques Lanquine | 1874 | 1876 | |
| Étienne Pujol | 1876 | 1877 | |
| Michel Moret | 1877 | 1878 | |
| Étienne Pujol | 1878 | 1890 | |
| Jean Padallé Bocamy | 1890 | 1892 | |
| Marc Surjus-Coste | 1892 | 1893 | |
| Pierre Moreto | 1893 | 1902 | |
| Marc Surjus-Coste | 1902 | 1908 | |
| Louis Courtais | 1908 | 1912 | |
| Côme Anglade | 1912 | 1914 | |
| Vincent Rouzaud | 1914 | 1915 | |
| Dieudonné Vinyes | 1915 | 1918 | |
| Côme Anglade | 1918 | 1919 | |
| Louis Courtais | 1919 | 1922 | |
| Frédéric Trescases | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Joseph Farre | 1945 | 1947 | |
| Germain Farre | 1947 | 1947 | |
| Frédéric Trescases | 1947 | 1953 | |
| Gaston Pams | 1953 | 1981 | |
| Isidore Fourriques | 1981 | 1983 | |
| Jean Carrère | 1983 | 2001 | |
| Pierre Aylagas | 2001 | 2016 | |
| Antoine Parra | 2016 |
Étoile sportive catalane is the rugby union club of Argelès-sur-Mer.