Sorède

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Country France Department Pyrénées-Orientales Intercommunality Albères Area 34.54 km² Arrondissement Céret		Region Occitanie Canton Argelès-sur-Mer Population (2006) 2,962 Local time Monday 11:24 AM

Weather 14°C, Wind SE at 29 km/h, 76% Humidity Points of interest La Vallée des Tortues, Tour de la Massane, Puig Neulós

Sorède (Catalan: Sureda, that is cork oak wood) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Map of 66690 Sor%C3%A8de, France

Geography

Sorède is located in the canton of Argelès-sur-Mer and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Population

1962: 11381968: 11641975: 14911982: 18961990: 21601999: 26992006: 2962

Sites of interest

The main church "St Assiscle et Ste Victoire", 14th century choir, 17th century Baroque sculptures.

Notre-Dame du Château, an 18th-century sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the mountains, and the ruins of the castle of Ultrera, dating from the early Middle Ages.

Saint Martin de Lavail, a 9th-century Romanesque chapel.

Since the 13th century, whips have been made from the local celtis tree. Celtis whips are still made by hand today in Sorède and visitors can tour the workshop where they are made.

Notable people

Father Antonio Gomes, known as « Padre Himalaya », a Portuguese scientist and priest who experimented with one of the first solar ovens in Sorède in 1900.

Philippe David Clarke - was one of the early winners of the Euro Millions Lottery in February 2004. Clarke won an estimated 19,000,000 Euros. He has lived between Sorède and Kent, UK for most of his life.

References

Sorède Wikipedia

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