# Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet-en-Roussillon (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Canet dins Rosselhon; Catalan: Canet de Rosselló,; Occitan: Canet de Rosselhon,) is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.

## Geography

Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan, 9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

## History

The city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.
With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849. As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.

## Government and politics
### Mayors

| Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| Joseph Cassanyes | 1790 | 1792 | |
| Jacques Bonet | 1792 | 1795 | |
| Jacques Cassanyes | 1796 | 1797 | |
| Julien Canal | 1798 | 1798 | |
| Jacques Cassanyes | 1799 | 1800 | |
| Jacques Bonet | 1800 | 1813 | |
| Joseph Cassanyes | February 1813 | 28 October 1814 | |
| Saturnin Cargoles | 1814 | 1826 | |
| Antoine Gaux | 1826 | 1831 | |
| Joseph Cassanyes Jr. | 1831 | 1848 | |
| Julien Canal Jr. | March 1848 | June 1848 | Temporary Mayor |
| Pierre Roger | June 1848 | September 1848 | Temporary Mayor |
| Joseph Cassanyes | September 1848 | August 1851 | |
| Julien Canal | August 1851 | December 1851 | Temporary Mayor |
| Julien Canal | 1851 | 1865 | |
| Jean Bartissol | 1865 | September 1870 | |
| Michel Pages | September 1870 | December 1870 | |
| Joseph Berga | 1870 | 1874 | |
| Côme Roger | 1874 | 1881 | |
| Jean Lafon | 1881 | 1890 | |
| Jacques Xamma | 1891 | 1892 | |
| Henri Castany | 1892 | 1904 | |
| Basile Darbon | 1904 | May 1912 | |
| Isidore Boutet | May 1912 | 1918 | |
| François Alies | 1918 | 1919 | |
| Joseph Lafon | 1920 | 1925 | |
| Jacques Xamma | 1925 | 1930 | |
| Joseph Lafon | 1929 | 1930 | |
| Gabriel Henric | 1930 | 1941 | |
| Désiré Riu | 1941 | 1943 | |
| Pierre Fourcade | 1943 | 1944 | |
| Gabriel Henric | 1944 | 1947 | |
| Joseph Pagès | 1947 | 1950 | |
| François Moudat | 1950 | 1965 | |
| Christian Brignieu | 1965 | 1966 | |
| François Moudat | 1966 | 1971 | |
| Jacques Coupet | 1971 | 1989 | |
| Arlette Franco | 1989 | 2010 | UMP |
| Bernard Dupont | 2010 | 2020 | UMP |
| Stéphane Loda | 2020 | incumbent | DVD |

### International relations

Canet-en-Roussillon is twinned with:
* Maynooth, Ireland

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 225 | — |
| 1800 | 281 | +3.23% |
| 1806 | 233 | −3.07% |
| 1821 | 365 | +3.04% |
| 1831 | 384 | +0.51% |
| 1836 | 388 | +0.21% |
| 1841 | 405 | +0.86% |
| 1846 | 466 | +2.85% |
| 1851 | 509 | +1.78% |
| 1856 | 498 | −0.44% |
| 1861 | 524 | +1.02% |
| 1866 | 612 | +3.15% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1872 | 662 | +1.32% |
| 1876 | 754 | +3.31% |
| 1881 | 806 | +1.34% |
| 1886 | 887 | +1.93% |
| 1891 | 914 | +0.60% |
| 1896 | 1,012 | +2.06% |
| 1901 | 1,026 | +0.28% |
| 1906 | 1,102 | +1.44% |
| 1911 | 1,215 | +1.97% |
| 1921 | 1,226 | +0.09% |
| 1926 | 1,230 | +0.07% |
| 1931 | 1,199 | −0.51% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1936 | 1,238 | +0.64% |
| 1946 | 1,213 | −0.20% |
| 1954 | 1,853 | +5.44% |
| 1962 | 2,646 | +4.55% |
| 1968 | 3,658 | +5.55% |
| 1975 | 4,356 | +2.53% |
| 1982 | 6,030 | +4.76% |
| 1990 | 7,575 | +2.89% |
| 1999 | 10,182 | +3.34% |
| 2007 | 12,164 | +2.25% |
| 2012 | 12,602 | +0.71% |
| 2017 | 12,130 | −0.76% |
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## Sites of interest

* The medieval castle ;
* The Saint-James church ;
* The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor ;
* The old village ;
* The sea front.

## Notable people

* Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.
* Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.