Salses-le-Château (; ; ) or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.INSEE commune file It is located north of the city of Perpignan. It is traditionally considered as the northernmost point of the Catalan Countries (the lands in which Catalan language is spoken).
Geography Salses-le-Château is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Government and politics
Mayors Mayor Term start Term endJoseph Pams17901792Jean Vaquer17921792Thomas Pams17921796Marc Joseph Barthe17961797Jean Claret17971799Jean-Baptiste Lajou17991802Joseph Pams18021803Raphaël Vaquer18031808Bonaventure Vidal18081811Jacques Vidal18111812Joseph Pams18121814Marc Barthe1814Re-appointed as mayor during the Hundred Days in 1815, Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Salses, le 31 mai 1815 , 10 February 20141830Jean Vidal-Estrade18301843Alexandre Barthe18431848Honoré Trilles18481848Joseph Castell18481850Joseph Bertrand18501851Jean Vidal-Estrade18511851Gaspard Daudiès18511855François Castell-Ayrolles18551858André Baron18581861Bonaventure Vidal-Angles18611870Joseph Castell18701871Bonaventure Vidal-Angles18711876Joseph Lanes-Claret18761877Laurent Calmon18771878Adolphe Cambriels18781878Jean Baron-Castany18781896Frédéric Parazols18961900Ernest Castell-Forner19001905Paul Crouzet19051906François Montagne19061914François Carrère19141917François Montagne19171919Fernand Brégoulat19191941Jean Tardiu19411942Alphonse Barrau19421944Jean Torrent19441947Arthur Conte19471972René Comes19721989Marie-Claude Grégoire19891995Sylvain Dagues19952001Marie-Claude Grégoire20012008Jean-Jacques Lopez2008
Population
Sites of interest Fort de Salses The Gate of the Catalan Countries is located in Salses.
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
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