Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (; before 2017: ''Sainte-Marie'', ca, Santa Maria la Mar) is a

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in the

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

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in southern

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Geography

Sainte-Marie-la-Mer is located east of

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

, in the

canton of Perpignan-2 The Canton of Perpignan-2 is a French canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Occitanie. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 1 to 4 communes: * Bompas *Perpig ...

and in the

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History

Administration

List of mayors

* Pierre Roig ( UMP): since 2001, elected again in 2008.Préfecture des Pyrénées-Orientales
List of mayors elected in 2008
/ref> * Edmond Jorda, elected in 2020

Population

Economy

Culture

External links

Official site

References

Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales Populated coastal places in France {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub