Sainte-Marie-la-Mer

Commune in Occitania, France

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Santa Maria la Mar
Commune
The harbour of Sainte-Marie
Location of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
(2020–2026)		Edmond Jorda^[1]
Area ¹	10.29 km² (3.97 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	4,784
• Density	460/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66182 /66470
Elevation	0–10 m (0–33 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi la mɛʁ] ^ⓘ; before 2017: Sainte-Marie,^[3] Catalan: Santa Maria la Mar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is located east of Perpignan, in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

History

Administration

List of mayors

Pierre Roig (UMP): since 2001, elected again in 2008.^[4]
Edmond Jorda, elected in 2020^[1]

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	975	—
1975	931	−0.66%
1982	1,285	+4.71%
1990	2,171	+6.78%
1999	3,452	+5.29%
2007	4,105	+2.19%
2012	4,687	+2.69%
2017	4,773	+0.36%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Economy

Culture

External links

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Official site

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Décret n° 2017-149 7 February 2017 (in French)
^ Préfecture des Pyrénées-Orientales, List of mayors elected in 2008^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE