Caramany
Caramany | |
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Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Latour-de-France |
Intercommunality | Agly Fenouillèdes |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Bernard Caillens |
Area 1 | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | 148 |
• Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Carmagnols, Carmagnoles |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66039 /66720 |
Elevation | 129–765 m (423–2,510 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 ft) |
Website | Mairie de Caramany |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Caramany is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Caramany is located in the canton of Latour-de-France and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Toponymy
- Attested forms
The name of Caramany first appears in 1212 as Karamay. It is then seen in 1242 as Karamanho,[1] in 1261 as Caramain,[2] in 1304 as Caramayn and finally in 1395 as Caramany.[3] On the 18th century Cassini map, the name is written in French as Caramaing. Both Caramany and Caramaing are used throughout the 19th century.[4]
The Occitan name is Caramanh in the modern day spelling of Languedocien dialect. But although the town is part of Fenouillèdes, an Occitan speaking-zone, today's name has kept the Catalan spelling, in use since medieval times.[3]
- Etymology
The name Caramany is a compound of ker, pre-indoeuropean for stone, and magnus, latin for big, meaning as a whole big stone. This type of name was often applied to a place with an important castle on a mountain, or an impressive mountain itself.[5]
Government and politics
Mayors
Mayor[6] | Term start | Term end |
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François Bedos | 1790 | 1791 |
Dominique Richard | 1791 | 1793 |
Charles Chauvet | 1793 | 1795 |
Joseph Vaysse | 1795 | 1797 |
Michel Surre | 1797 | 1799 |
Jean-Baptiste Lafforgue | 1799 | 1800 |
Louis Chauvet | 1800 | 1816 |
Dominique Fourcade | 1816 | 1823 |
Joseph Vignaud | 1823 | 1826 |
Jean Montferrand | 1826 | 1830 |
Louis Chauvet | 1830 | 1830 |
Jean Estèbe | 1830 | 1838 |
Jean Bedos | 1838 | 1840 |
Pierre Rolland | 1840 | 1843 |
Jean Montferrand | 1840 | 1846 |
Jean Estèbe | 1846 | 1850 |
Charles Estève | 1850 | 1858 |
Michel Sabineu | 1858 | 1865 |
Pierre Larourt | 1865 | 1870 |
François Vaysse | 1870 | 1874 |
Raymond Estève | 1874 | 1876 |
François Vaysse | 1876 | 1878 |
Raymond Estève | 1877 | 1878 |
François Delonca | 1878 | 1878 |
Eugène Tresserres | 1878 | 1881 |
François Vaysse | 1881 | 1884 |
Michel Tisseyre | 1884 | 1886 |
Nicolas Dabat | 1886 | 1912 |
Paul Gély-Fort | 1912 | 1915 |
Jean-Baptiste Estève | 1915 | 1917 |
Justin Lacourt | 1917 | 1919 |
Paul Gély-Fort | 1919 | 1941 |
Gervais Caillens | 1941 | 1944 |
Eloi Tresseres | 1944 | 1947 |
Clément Caillens | 1947 | 1971 |
Eloi Tresseres | 1971 | 1982 |
Edgard Ubert | 1982 | 2001 |
Ange Léon | 2001 | 2014 |
Bernard Caillens | 2014 |
Population
See also
References
- ^ Template:Fr Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
- ^ Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France (1990-1998)
- ^ a b Template:Fr Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990
- ^ Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Devenir maire à la place du maire à Caramany en 1815, 1st February 2015
- ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, 1979
- ^ Association Pari du lac de Caramany, Liste des maires de Caramany, 24 October 2009