Palalda

Palalda is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, now part of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.

View of Palalda

Geography

Palalda is located above the river Tech, to the northeast of Amélie-les-Bains and to the east of Montbolo.

History

The first mention of Palalda is from the year 814, as being the western limit of the territory of Céret.

On 1 October 1942, the commune of Palalda is linked to Amélie-les-Bains to create the new commune of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda.[1]

Politics and administration

Canton

In 1790, Palalda is included in the canton of Arles, which remains the same after being united to Amélie-les-bains in 1942.[1]

Mayors
BeginninEndName[2]
18441847François Vilascèque
18471849Martin Bardetis
184916.4.1855Martin Pagès
16.5.18552.5.1857Martin Forga
2.5.18571870Jean Cambouliu
18702.1874François Alduy
2.18748.10.1876Jean Bartre
8.10.187630.9.1883Sauveur Dalmau
30.9.188321.5.1884Pierre Dejaule
21.5.188420.5.1888Joseph Cabanes
20.5.188826.11.1899Laurent Alduy
26.11.189915.5.1904Joseph Dagues (father)
15.05.190425.5.1914Joseph Dagues (son)
25.5.191410.12.1919Louis Villacèque
10.12.191922.12.1921François Dagues
22.12.192124.1.1922Jean Garrigue
29.1.192217.5.1925Joseph Pauly
17.5.192519.5.1929Antoine Forga
19.5.192919.5.1935Joseph Baux
19.5.193527.7.1941Michel Fons
21.8.19411.10.1942Marti

Demography
Ancien Régime

Population under the Ancien Régime is calculated either in number of feu fiscal (f, fire tax), or in number of inhabitants (H).

Historical population of Palalda
(Source: Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986)
Year13781470151515531709172017301767177417891790
Population21 f10 f14 f14 f101 f100 f112 f546 H120 f200 f646 H
Modern times
Historical population of Palalda
(Source: Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986)
Year1794179618001804180618201826183118361841184618511856186118661872187618811886189118961901190619111921192619311936
Population3975295225245735946106146557107727837587578398109088508001117914800886953902114211721363

Sites of interest
  • The romanesque church of Saint Martin, built in the 12th century and partly rebuilt between the 15th and 16th centuries.
Saint Martin church

Culture
Poetry
  • Confidences d'un moutard parisien (1912) is a poem by the writer Marc Anfossi[3] which mentions Palalda, Montbolo and Montalba-d'Amélie.

See also

Notes
  1. Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986
  2. MairesGenWeb
  3. Fabricio Cardenas (24 June 2015). "Ode aux environs d'Amélie-les-Bains en 1912". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2016.


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