Sainte-Marie-la-Mer

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (before 2017: Sainte-Marie,[3] Catalan: Santa Maria la Mar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Santa Maria la Mar
Commune
The harbour of Sainte-Marie
Location of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Sainte-Marie-la-Mer
Coordinates: 42°43′41″N 3°01′04″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Perpignan-2
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Edmond Jorda[1]
Area ^1	10.29 km^2 (3.97 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	4,773
• Density	460/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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

Map of Sainte-Marie and its surrounding communes

Administration

The Town Hall

List of mayors

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

Population

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]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

External links

• Official site

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Décret n° 2017-149 7 February 2017 (in French)
4. Préfecture des Pyrénées-Orientales, List of mayors elected in 2008
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE