Arles-sur-Tech explained

Arles-sur-Tech
Native Name:Arles
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Céret
Canton:Le Canigou
Insee:66009
Postal Code:66150
Mayor:David Planas[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC du Haut Vallespir
Coordinates:42.4575°N 2.6344°W
Elevation M:300
Elevation Min M:226
Elevation Max M:1302
Area Km2:28.82

Arles-sur-Tech (in French pronounced as /aʁl syʁ tɛk/, literally Arles on Tech; Catalan; Valencian: Arles de Tec) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[2]

Geography

Location

Arles-sur-Tech is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.[2]

Arles-sur-Tech is situated in the southernmost valley in mainland France before Spain, the Vallespir, through which the 84km (52miles) long river "Tech" flows. This small town is surrounded by the eastern Pyrenees which dominate the skyline around Arles-sur-Tech. The town sits on the only main road which passes through the valley, the D 115, making it accessible from Spain in the west and the plane of Roussillon and Perpignan in the east. It is located close to the larger and more well-known spa town of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.

History

At the end of the Spanish Civil War Arles-sur-Tech was the site of a camp housing Republican escapees from Spain. It was used as an initial sorting camp.[3]

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Jean-Baptiste Serradell18071808
Abdon Desclaus18081813
Jean-Baptiste Serradell[4] 18131815
Jean Galangau18151827
Dominique Jofre18271830
Jean Pujade18301832
Etienne Grau18321835
Pierre Mouchart18351837
Jacques Dubois18371839
Jean Serreclare18391840
François Comaills18401848
Etienne Douffiagues18481849
Joseph Boix18491850
Joseph Pallarès18921908
Jean Vilar19081914
Baptiste Pams19141941
Lucien Trenet (father of Charles Trenet)19411942
Pierre Sola19421944
Baptiste Pams19441967
Paul Lavanga19671983
Marcel Charlet19831989
Albert Costa19892001
René Ala20012008
René Bantoure20082020
David Planas2020incumbent

International relations

Arles-sur-Tech is twinned with:

Sites of interest

Bibliography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM66009-arles-sur-tech INSEE commune file
  3. Book: Beevor . Antony . The Battle for Spain . 2006 . Weidenfeld & Nicolson . London . 978-0-7538-2165-7 . 455 & 456.
  4. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Arles, le 11 juin 1815, 14 january 2014
  5. Infos on Cubelles municipal website
  6. Joan Evans, Cluniac Art of The Romanesque Period (Cambridge University Press, 1950). Citing L'abbé Joseph Gibrat, Aperçu historique sur l'abbaye d'Arles-sur-Tech, page 15 (Céret, L. Roque, 1922. In-8°, 93 p.).
  7. Milburg Francisco Mansfield, Castles and chateaux of old Navarre and the Basque provinces: including also Foix, Roussillon and Béarn (I. Pitman, 1908).