Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes
Rivesaltes; Ribesaltes
	Commune
	General view of Rivesaltes
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Rivesaltes Location within Occitanie region Rivesaltes
	Coordinates: 42°46′11″N 2°52′29″E / 42.7697°N 2.8747°ECoordinates: 42°46′11″N 2°52′29″E / 42.7697°N 2.8747°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Vallée de l'Agly
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	André Bascou (UMP)
Area1	28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	8,771
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66164 /66600
Elevation	11–70 m (36–230 ft) ; (avg. 29 m or 95 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rivesaltes (Catalan: Ribesaltes, which means the high shores) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Map of Rivesaltes and its surrounding communes

Rivesaltes is twinned with:

Population 1962-2008

Fortified wine is produced around Rivesaltes, as Rivesaltes AOC.

The Camp de Rivesaltes is situated on the outskirts of the city. The Rivesaltes memorial museum is under construction to commemorate the history of this major French concentration camp from 1939 to 2007.

Joseph Joffre (1852–1931), general, born in Rivesaltes, who became prominent in the battles of World War I.
Michel Parès (1887-1966), politician born in Rivesaltes.

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