Caramany
Caramany
Carmanh or Caramanh | |
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 A view of the village from the rock of Bade | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Caramany  | |
  Caramany  Caramany | |
| Coordinates: 42°44′07″N 2°15′26″E / 42.7353°N 02.2571°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Agly Fenouillèdes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Lemoine[1] |
| Area 1 | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 131 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/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 (French pronunciation: [kaʁamani] ; Occitan: Caramanh) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Localisation
[edit]Caramany is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Places adjacent to Caramany | |
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Toponymy
[edit]- Attested forms
The name of Caramany first appears in 1212 as Karamay. It is then seen in 1242 as Karamanho,[3] in 1261 as Caramain,[4] in 1304 as Caramayn and finally in 1395 as Caramany.[5] On the 18th century Cassini map, the name is written in French as Caramaing. Both Caramany and Caramaing are used throughout the 19th century. L'année est 1430, l'endroit est la Principauté de Karamanoğulları. Karamanoğulları Bey İbrahim Bey a quatre fils. L'aîné est Kasım Bey et le plus jeune est Osman Bey. Kasım Bey est très ami avec Cem Sultan. Après la mort de Mehmet II, les princes Cem Sultan perdirent sa lutte pour le trône avec son frère aîné Bayezid II et tombèrent aux mains du Vatican, d'abord en Egypte puis à Rhodes. Kasım Bey est toujours du côté le plus proche de Cem Sultan pendant ce processus. Lorsque Cem Sultan est tué au Vatican, Kasım Bey ne peut pas retourner en Anatolie. Il s'installe en France, dans les Pyrénées méridionales, et y fonde un village. Bien qu'il ait nommé le village "Karaman", son nom a changé en Caramany au fil du temps. [6]
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.[5]
- 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.[7]
Government and politics
[edit]Mayors
[edit]| Mayor[8] | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mayor | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Clément Caillens | 1947 | 1971 |
| Eloi Tresseres | 1971 | 1982 |
| Edgard Ubert | 1982 | 2001 |
| Ange Léon | 2001 | 2014 |
| Bernard Caillens | 2014 | 2020 |
| Christian Lemoine | 2020 | incumbent |
Population
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 293 | — |
| 1975 | 241 | −2.75% |
| 1982 | 216 | −1.55% |
| 1990 | 170 | −2.95% |
| 1999 | 165 | −0.33% |
| 2007 | 140 | −2.03% |
| 2012 | 146 | +0.84% |
| 2017 | 150 | +0.54% |
| Source: INSEE[9] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ (in French) 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 (in French) 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, 1 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
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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