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Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Latitude and Longitude:

42°43′41″N 3°01′04″E / 42.7281°N 3.0178°E / 42.7281; 3.0178
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Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Santa Maria la Mar
The harbour of Sainte-Marie
The harbour of Sainte-Marie
Location of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is located in France
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is located in Occitanie
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Coordinates: 42°43′41″N 3°01′04″E / 42.7281°N 3.0178°E / 42.7281; 3.0178
Country France
Region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Perpignan-2
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Edmond Jorda [1]
Area
1
10.29 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
4,784
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66182 /66470
Elevation0–10 m (0–33 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi la mɛʁ] ; before 2017: Sainte-Marie, [3] Catalan: Santa Maria la Mar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is located east of Perpignan, in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Sainte-Marie and its surrounding communes

History

Administration

The Town Hall

List of mayors

  • Pierre Roig ( UMP): since 2001, elected again in 2008. [4]
  • Edmond Jorda, elected in 2020 [1]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 975—    
1975 931−0.66%
1982 1,285+4.71%
1990 2,171+6.78%
1999 3,452+5.29%
2007 4,105+2.19%
2012 4,687+2.69%
2017 4,773+0.36%
Source: INSEE [5]

Economy

Culture

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret n° 2017-149 7 February 2017 (in French)
  4. ^ Préfecture des Pyrénées-Orientales, List of mayors elected in 2008[ permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE