Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, seen from the trail of Saint-Martin
Coat of arms
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Location within Occitanie region  Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Coordinates: 42°48′36″N 2°30′18″E / 42.81°N 2.505°ECoordinates: 42°48′36″N 2°30′18″E / 42.81°N 2.505°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Intercommunality	Agly Fenouillèdes
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Bernard Foulquier
Area^1	43.90 km^2 (16.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,935
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	66187 / 66220
Elevation	170–966 m (558–3,169 ft) (avg. 267 m or 876 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.

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (Occitan: Sant Pau de Fenolhet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is located in the canton of Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

International relations

Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is twinned with the town of Ennis in the Republic of Ireland.^[1]

Population

Population 1962-2008

Sites of interest

• The church of the chapter of Saint-Paul, built between the 14th and 17th centuries and protected as a monument historique since 1989.
• The Saint-Antoine de Galamus hermitage, built in the 15th century, and described in 1821 by Joseph Antoine Cervini and Antoine Ignace Melling as the « most beautiful wonder of Roussillon ».^[2]

Coat of arms

It is said that the Coat of Arms has a relationship with Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, 1st Prince de Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809) and Marshal of the Empire whose coat of arms has the sword pointing up, in recognition for his relationship with Marie Antoinette and Marius Fenouillet during the First Empire.

See also

• Corbières Massif
• Fenolheda
• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Section 15 Freedom of Information Manual for Ennis Town Council (pdf format)
2. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, La plus belle merveille du Roussillon en 1821, 27 April 2015