Argelès-sur-Mer

French commune
nomcommune=Argelès-sur-Mer
région=Languedoc-Roussillon
département=Pyrénées-Orientales
arrondissement=Céret
canton=Argelès-sur-Mer
insee=66008
cp=66700
maire=Pierre Aylagas
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=3.02352
latitude=42.54493
alt moy=16 m
alt mini=0
alt maxi=1099 m
hectares=5867
km²=58.67
sans=9069
date-sans=1999
dens=154
date-dens=1999

Argelès-sur-Mer (Catalan: "Argelers de la Marenda" or simply "Argelers") is a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southwestern France, near Perpignan.

It is located in the coast sector of the cote Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range, just a short drive away from the Spanish border. It has seven kilometres of wide sandy beach, safe and supervised bathing, and numerous little rocky creeks for scuba diving. The Tramontane and Marin winds makes windsurfing and surfing more challenging than in some resorts and all manner of water sports are available here.Argelès has recently earned the title of ’Handiplage’ due to its many facilities for the disabled. The town is undertaking a special programme in order to make the resort more accessible to disabled visitors, including training the staff in the tourist office and the ’police municipale’ to better understand the needs of the visually impaired.

External links

* [http://www.argeles-sur-mer.com/ Town council website]
* [http://www.grec.net/cgibin/hecangcl.pgm?&USUARI=&SESSIO=&NDCHEC=0005024&PGMORI=E Information in Catalan Encyclopaedia]