Sorède
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Commune of Sorède |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Céret |
| Canton | Argelès-sur-Mer |
| Intercommunality | Communauté des Communes des Albères |
| Mayor | Yves Porteix (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 42 m–1,241 m (avg. 80 m) |
| Land area¹ | 34.54 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,699 |
| - Density | 78/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 66196/ 66690 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Sorède (Catalan: Sureda) is a French commune in the departement of Pyrenées-Orientales.
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[edit] Administration
| Period | Identity | Party | Quality | |
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| 1966 - 1989 | André Cavaillé | |||
| Since 1989 | Yves Porteix | UDF/MoDem | Mayor & Vice-president of the Community of Communes | |
| Other names are not yet known. | ||||
[edit] Population
[edit] Sights and Monuments
- The main church "St Assiscle et Ste Victoire", 14th century choir, 17th century Baroque sculptures.
- Notre-Dame du Château, an 18th century sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the mountains, and the ruins of the castle of Ultrera, dating from the early Middle Ages.
- Saint Martin de Lavail, a 9th century Romanesque chapel.
[edit] Notable people who lived in Sorède
- Father Antonio Gomes, known as « Padre Himalaya », a Portuguese scientist and priest who experimented one of the first solar ovens in Sorède in 1900.
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