Argelès-sur-Mer Argelès-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France .25 km from Perpignan .Geography Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret .Côte Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range , close to the Spanish border. It has the longest beach in the Pyrenées Orientales.History During World War II , Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a concentration camp , where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned next to a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government after the defeat of the Spanish Republic . The refugees streamed to the camp from the winter of 1938/39 after the collapse of the Catalan front following the rebel offensive.Government and politics Mayors Mayor Term start Term end Assiscle Bech 1790 1791 Jean Grando 1791 1793 Joseph Arman 1793 1794 Jean Matignon 1794 1794 Damien Padallé 1794 1796 Bonaventure Verges 1796 1796 François-Xavier Boluix 1796 1798 Joseph Arman 1798 1799 François-Xavier Boluix 1799 1800 Marc Surjus 1800 1813 Côme Ferran 1813 June 1815 Paul Pujas June 1815 ? 1815 Jean Azéma 1815 1816 Isidore Ferrer 1816 1821 Bonaventure Verges 1821 1821 Pierre Padallé 1821 1827 Bonaventure Julia 1827 1829 Joseph Arman 1829 1830 Pierre Padallé 1830 1831 Joseph Arman 1831 1837 Jean Germain Pujol1837 1840 Alphonse Sebe 1840 1848 François Sine 1848 1848 Assiscle Padallé Bocamy 1848 1848 François Padallé Siné 1848 1848 Thomas Bech 1848 1852 Joseph Azema 1852 1855 Germain Barbie 1855 1865 Côme Ferran Comes 1865 1870 Joseph Baylet 1870 1870 Étienne Pujol 1870 1874 Jacques Lanquine 1874 1876 Étienne Pujol 1876 1877 Michel Moret 1877 1878 Étienne Pujol 1878 1890 Jean Padallé Bocamy 1890 1892 Marc Surjus-Coste 1892 1893 Pierre Moreto 1893 1902 Marc Surjus-Coste 1902 1908 Louis Courtais 1908 1912 Côme Anglade 1912 1914 Vincent Rouzaud 1914 1915 Dieudonné Vinyes 1915 1918 Côme Anglade 1918 1919 Louis Courtais 1919 1922 Frédéric Trescases 1944 1945 Joseph Farre 1945 1947 Germain Farre 1947 1947 Frédéric Trescases 1947 1953 Gaston Pams 1953 1981 Isidore Fourriques 1981 1983 Jean Carrère 1983 2001 Pierre Aylagas 2001 2016 Antoine Parra 2016
Population and society Demography Education Sports is the rugby union club of Argelès-sur-Mer.Culture Sites of interest ;Buildings Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure Dolmen of the Cova de l'Alarb Dolmen of Sant Pere dels Forquets Chapel of Saint-Jérôme d'Argelès, from the 10th century Church of Saint-Ferréol de la Pava, from the 10th century Parish church of Notre-Dame del Prat, from the 14th to the 20th centuries Church of Sainte-Marie de Torreneules, from the 8th to the 10th centuries Abbey of Valbonne, from the 13th to the 14th centuries Church of Saint-Laurent-du-Mont, from the 12th century Church of Saint-Martin-et-Sainte-Croix, from the 11th or 12th century , and the old village of Taxo d'Avall Church of Saint-Pierre dels Forquets, pre-romanesque ruins Castle of Pujols, from the 13th century Massane tower, in the Albera Massif , from the 13th century Castle of Valmy, from the 19th century Casa de l'Albera, museum about the Albera Massif
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