What type of administrative region is Canet-en-Roussillon?

Canet-en-Roussillon is a commune, which is the lowest administrative division in France, equivalent to a municipality or township.

What region and department is Canet-en-Roussillon located in?

The commune is located in the Occitania region and the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the Spanish border.

What metropolitan area does Canet-en-Roussillon belong to?

Canet-en-Roussillon is part of Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole, an agglomeration community established on December 31, 2010.

What is the historical context of the area?

The area is historically part of Rosselló (Catalan: Rosselló), a historical comarca (county) that now spans both southern France and northern Spain.

What notable organizations or facilities are based in Canet-en-Roussillon?

The Canet Roussillon Football Club, an association football club, is based in the commune and was established in 2002.

Canet-en-Roussillon

French commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania

Place Commune Of France Q380514

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of: commune of France
Official website: www.mairie-canet-en-roussillon.fr^[30]
Official name: Canet-en-Roussillon^[43]

Location

Country: France^[5]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 42.706°, 3.007°
Located in or next to body of water: Têt, Mediterranean Sea, Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire^[6]^[7]^[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rosselló, Pyrénées-Orientales, Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole, arrondissement of Perpignan^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Shares border with: Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, Perpignan, Cabestany, Saint-Nazaire, Alénya, Saint-Cyprien^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

Population and size

Area: +22.39^[53]
Elevation above sea level: 5 (0–37, n=3)^[50]^[51]^[52]
Female population: +6591^[44]
Male population: +5539^[45]
Population: 13k (12k–13k, n=10)^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 12,436 · 11,965 · 12,320 · 12,130 · 12,186 GeoNames 12,069 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code: 66140^[29]

More facts +10

Capital of: canton of la Côte sableuse, canton of Canet-en-Roussillon^[42]
Associated electoral district: canton of la Côte sableuse
Contains the administrative territorial entity: Plage Sud, Centre Plage, Port Plaisance, Pôle nautique, Têt, Alizés, Las Bigues, Cœur historique, Les Berges de l'Étang, Voiles rouges, Llobères^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Demonym: canetenc, canetenca^[46]^[47]
Different from: Le Cannet^[49]
Head of government: Stéphane Loda^[9]
Located in the statistical territorial entity: Perpinyà metropolitan concentration area, Canet de Rosselló urban unit
Office held by the head of government: Mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon^[41]
Owner of: Saint-Michel stadium^[48]
Twinned administrative body: Maynooth^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

en Canet de Rosselló en Canet en Roussillon en Canet-en-Roussillon en Canet-Plage en Canet-Roussillon en Canet en Canet de Rosselhon de Canet de Rosselhon de Canet de Canet de Rosselló de Canet-Plage el Κανέ-αν-Ρουσιγιόν es Canet es Canet de Rosselhon es Canet de Rosselló es Canet en Roussillon es Canet-Plage fa کنه-آن-روسییون fr Canet de Rosselhon fr Canet

🔖 Identifiers · 25

VIAF cluster ID: 245811728
GND ID: 4350203-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Canet-Plage - Vue aérienne 1.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 152709484
Catalunya Romànica ID: canet-de-rossello
EHESS ID of a French commune: 6786
FactGrid item ID: Michael Kranefuss
Freebase ID: /m/08sf1f
GeoNames ID: 6614492
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6614492 GND (DNB) 3028832 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: canet-de-rossello
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0014319
Insee municipality code: 66037

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Instagram username: canetenroussillon
KnowWhereGraph entity ID: administrativeRegion.FRA.11.11.2.1.1_1
LinkedIn company or organization ID: mairie-de-canet-en-roussillon
National Address Base ID: cf29580f-d26f-4cd3-b76f-a5111a9db732
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 18350
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtiDro7ejoOt
Quora topic ID: Canet-en-Roussillon
Topic's main category: Category:Canet-en-Roussillon
Who's on First ID: 101775191
X (Twitter) username: VilledeCanet
Yale LUX ID: place/401cdfe5-f9a2-41d9-81af-316fa8301f42
YouTube channel ID: UCCQIzXi788EUA1nuOUY7DBA
YouTube handle: mairiedecanet-en-roussillo6646

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 7

Perpignan, Cabestany, Alénya, Saint-Cyprien, Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, Saint-Nazaire

← Shares border with 7

Perpignan, Cabestany, Alénya, Saint-Cyprien, Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Villelongue-de-la-Salanque, Saint-Nazaire

Located in the administrative territorial entity 4

Pyrénées-Orientales, arrondissement of Perpignan, Rosselló, Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole

Located in or next to body of water 3

Mediterranean Sea, Têt, Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 3

Rosselló, canton of Canet-en-Roussillon, Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole

Capital of 2

canton of Canet-en-Roussillon, canton of la Côte sableuse

Contained subdivisions 2

Canet Roussillon Football Club, Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire

Located in time zone 2

UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00

People born here 2

Mathilde Gabriel-Péri, Marc Fontan

People who died here 2

Maurice Bardèche, Arlette Franco

← Capital 2

canton of Canet-en-Roussillon, canton of la Côte sableuse

Associated electoral district 1

canton of la Côte sableuse

Country 1

France

Different from 1

Le Cannet

Instance of 1

commune of France

Topic's main category 1

Category:Canet-en-Roussillon

Twinned administrative body 1

Maynooth

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Canet-en-Roussillon

← Different from 1

Le Cannet

← Headquarters location 1

Canet Roussillon Football Club

← Twinned administrative body 1

Maynooth

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[9] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — head of government (P6): Stéphane Loda. lindependant.fr. lindependant.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — country (P17): France. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Sainte-Marie-la-Mer. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Villelongue-de-la-Salanque. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Perpignan. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Cabestany. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Saint-Nazaire. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Alénya. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — shares border with (P47): Saint-Cyprien. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Rosselló. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Pyrénées-Orientales. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): arrondissement of Perpignan. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Plage Sud. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Centre Plage. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Port Plaisance. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Pôle nautique. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Têt. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Alizés. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Las Bigues. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Cœur historique. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Les Berges de l'Étang. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Voiles rouges. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Llobères. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — twinned administrative body (P190): Maynooth. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in or next to body of water (P206): Têt. Cartes.gouv.fr. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in or next to body of water (P206): Mediterranean Sea. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — located in or next to body of water (P206): Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — postal code (P281): 66140. dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — official website (P856): http://www.mairie-canet-en-roussillon.fr. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,436. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 11,965. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,320. Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,130. Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,186. Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,284. Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,653. Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 12,598. Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 13,005. Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — population (P1082): 13,227. Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — office held by head of government (P1313): Mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — capital of (P1376): canton of la Côte sableuse. canton of Canet-en-Roussillon. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — official name (P1448): Canet-en-Roussillon. Code officiel géographique. Retrieved 2019-01-06. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — female population (P1539): 6591. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — male population (P1540): 5539. National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — demonym (P1549): canetenc. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — demonym (P1549): canetenca. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — owner of (P1830): Saint-Michel stadium. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — different from (P1889): Le Cannet. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — elevation above sea level (P2044): 0 m. répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — elevation above sea level (P2044): 37 m. répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — elevation above sea level (P2044): 5 m. Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ Canet-en-Roussillon — area (P2046): 22.39 km². répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved 2015-10-26. wikidata.org.

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11d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 13,227, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
16w ago · Theklan · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Located in the statistical territorial entity → Perpinyà metropolitan concentration area, Canet de Rosselló urban unit

Office held by the head of government → Mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon

Population → 12,436, 11,965, 12,320 +7

Capital of → canton of la Côte sableuse, canton of Canet-en-Roussillon

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"Created claim: Tabular population: Data:Population – Canet-en-Roussillon – Pyrénées-Orientales – INSEE 66037.tab, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1784544944825"

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