Argelès-sur-Mer
Pyrénées-Orientales · France
A Mediterranean coastal town in the Pyrénées-Orientales, Argelès-sur-Mer sits directly on the water with a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size, and vineyards in the surrounding Roussillon countryside. The town carries a significant wartime history: it was the site of a concentration camp for Spanish Republican refugees during the Retirada, and the commune actively maintains that memory. Several protected natural reserves and Natura 2000 sites lie within its boundaries, and the Pyrenees are close by.
- Population10,616
- Nearest water from center0.1 km
- Nearest mountain from center4.8 km
- UNESCO within 50 km1