Le Barcarès (; ) is a commune in the

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spain, Spanish ...

department in southern

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bordering the

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History

During the mid 19th century, Le Barcarès was created as a small fishing village which developed until the mid- 20th century prior to the local economy redirecting towards the tourism industry. Le Barcares fishing village

At the end of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, Le Barcarès was the site of a camp housing Republican escapees from

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. Conditions were slightly better than at other camps, as most internees sent there had indicated a willingness to return to Spain.

Geography

Localisation

Le Barcarès is located in the

canton of La Côte Salanquaise The Canton of La Côte Salanquaise (, ; ) is a French canton of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was created including 5 communes from the canton ...

and in the

arrondissement of Perpignan The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 39 communes. Its population is 292,142 (2021), and its area is . Composition The commun ...

. It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló. Map commune FR insee code 66017

Government and politics

;Mayors

Population

Notable people

Georges Candilis Georges Candilis (; 29 March 1913 – 10 May 1995) was a Greek-French architect and urbanist. Biography Born in Azerbaijan, he moved to Greece and graduated from the Polytechnic School of Athens between 1931 and 1936. In 1933 he met Le Corbusi ...

(1913-1995), Greek architect and urbanist who participated to the conception of Port-Barcarès.

References

Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub