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Les Cluses
Les Cluses () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Les Cluses is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative divisions, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish exclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain. In 2019, it had a population of 479,979.Populations légales 2019: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales INSEE Some parts of the Pyrénées-Orientales (like the ) are part of the . It is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of and contain clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Vallespir-Albères
The Canton of Vallespir-Albères is a French canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Occitanie. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was created including 8 communes from the canton of Céret and 5 from the canton of Argelès-sur-Mer.''Legifrance''Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales/ref> Composition * L'Albère * Le Boulou * Céret * Les Cluses * Laroque-des-Albères * Maureillas-las-Illas Maureillas-las-Illas (; ca, Morellàs i les Illes) is a rural commune in the Vallespir, Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of France. The commune belongs to the ''Communauté de communes'' of Vallespir uniting Maureillas-las-Illas with nine oth ... * Montesquieu-des-Albères * Le Perthus * Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines * Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts * Sorède * Villelongue-dels-Monts * Vivès References Aspres {{PyrénéesOrientales- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Céret
The arrondissement of Céret is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department ( Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 129,464 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Céret, and their INSEE codes, are: # L'Albère (66001) # Alénya (66002) # Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (66003) # Argelès-sur-Mer (66008) # Arles-sur-Tech (66009) # Bages (66011) # Banyuls-dels-Aspres (66015) # Banyuls-sur-Mer (66016) # La Bastide (66018) # Le Boulou (66024) # Brouilla (66026) # Caixas (66029) # Calmeilles (66032) # Camélas (66033) # Castelnou (66044) # Cerbère (66048) # Céret (66049) # Les Cluses (66063) # Collioure (66053) # Corneilla-del-Vercol (66059) # Corsavy (66060) # Coustouges (66061) # Elne (66065) # Fourques (66084) # Lamanère (66091) # Laroque-des-Albères (66093) # Latour-Bas-Elne (66094) # Llauro (66099) # Maureillas-las-Illas (66106) # Montauriol (66112) # Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Commune FR Insee Code 66063
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Boulou
Le Boulou (; ca, El Voló ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is situated 12 km from the Spanish border. Geography Localisation The town of Le Boulou is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret, in the south of Pyrénées-Orientales. Toponymy The name of the town in catalan is ''El Voló''. History In the 10th century, the territory of Le Boulou appears to be shared between the lord of Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, lady Minimilla, and the church of Elne. Le Boulou is then ruled by the lords of Montesquieu from the 11th to the 14th centuries. It finally becomes part of the crown lands. At the end of the 17th century, Bernard de Kennedy, following the court of James II of England in France, decides to settle in Le Boulou and receives French citizenship from Louis XIV of France. His grandson, Côme de Kennedy, is granted a title of lord of Le Boulou in 1755. Côme's son, Joseph de Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadripoint
A quadripoint is a point on Earth where four distinct territories meet. The territories can be of different types, such as national and provincial. In North America, several such places are commonly known as Four Corners. Several examples exist throughout the world that use other names. Usage The word ''quadripoint'' does not appear in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' or '' Merriam-Webster Online'', though it has been used since 1964 by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State. and appears in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', as well as in the ''World Factbook'' articles on Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, dating as far back as 1990. History An early instance of four political divisions meeting at a point is the Four Shire Stone in Moreton-in-Marsh, England (attested in the Domesday Book, 1086, and mentioned since 969 if not 772); until 1931, it was the meeting point of the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montesquieu-des-Albères
Montesquieu-des-Albères ( ca, Montesquiu d'Albera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Montesquieu-des-Albères is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. Population Sites of interest * Church of Saint-Saturnin * Church of Saint-Christopher * Castle, 11th ctry. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureillas-las-Illas
Maureillas-las-Illas (; ca, Morellàs i les Illes) is a rural commune in the Vallespir, Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of France. The commune belongs to the ''Communauté de communes'' of Vallespir uniting Maureillas-las-Illas with nine other communes. Geography Localisation Maureillas-las-Illas is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. It lies east of Céret and north of the Spanish border. Surrounding communes Land relief Hydrography Toponymy ;Names The first mention of the village under the name ''Maurelianum'' was in 1011. The name is then written as ''Maurelanis'' in the 12th century, ''Maurellans'' and ''Maurellas'' in the 15th century and finally ''Maurallas'' or ''Maurellas'' since the 17th century.Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990, 796 p. ''Maurellas'' is the Catalan spelling, ''Maureillas'' is its French transcription. ;Etymology Maureilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Albère
L'Albère ( ca, L'Albera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation L'Albère is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret. Toponymy The name of L'Albère is clearly issued from the Albera Massif in which it is located. Although always plural in French (''Albères'') concerning the mountain range, the name remains singular through the ages (''L'Albère'') for the commune. On the contrary, in Catalan, the name has always been singular for both the mountain (''Serra de l'Albera'') and the place (''L'Albera''). History Early settlements of population grew near the two primitive churches : Saint Martin, already named in 844 (''cella Sancti Martini de Monte Furcato'') and Saint John, known since 1089 (''ecclesiae Sancti Ioannis de Albera''). The hamlets of Saint Martin and Saint John both still exist nowadays, each with its church. Government and politics Canton In 1790, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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