| Sales-le-Château | |
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Entrance of the Fort de Salses
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| Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E / 42.8336°N 2.9197°ECoordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E / 42.8336°N 2.9197°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Rivesaltais–Agly–Manadeil |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Jacques Lopez |
| Area1 | 71.28 km2 (27.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 3,227 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66190 /66600 |
| Elevation | 0–354 m (0–1,161 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Salses-le-Château or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan.
Salses-le-Château is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.