Saleilles (; ca, Salelles) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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 ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in southern
France
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.
Geography
Saleilles is located in the
canton of La Côte Sableuse The canton of La Côte Sableuse is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Canet-en-Roussillon.
...
and in the
arrondissement of Perpignan
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...
.
History
Saleilles Chapelle Saint-Etienne.jpg, Chapel Saint-Étienne (11th century)
Saleilles Église Saint-Étienne NO.jpg, Parish church Saint-Étienne (northeast view)
Saleilles Église Saint-Étienne SO.jpg, Parish church Saint-Étienne (southeast view)
Government and politics
Mayors
Population
Notable people
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Mathieu Madénian __NOTOC__
Mathieu Madénian (born 23 July 1976) is a French comedian, actor and columnist.
Life and career
Madénian was born in Perpignan, southern France. He is of Armenian and German descent. He grew up in Saleilles, a town in the suburbs ...
(1976-): humorist, actor and columnist who grew up in Saleilles.
See also
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Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ...
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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