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Saint Paul de Fenouillet

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Orientales

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
1,966 (2007)

Arrondissement
  
Perpignan

Region
  
Occitanie

Intercommunality
  
Agly Fenouillèdes

Area
  
43.9 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:08 AM

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Canton
  
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 67% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Gorge De Galamus, Ermitage Saint‑Antoine de Galam, Mas Peyre Fils Et Fille, Domaine D'Esperet

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

Contents

Map of 66220 Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, France

Geography

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

International relations

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

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 ».

    • 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.

    References

    Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet Wikipedia
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