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″N2°15′26″E / 42.7353°N 02.2571°E /42.7353; 02.2571 | |
| 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 (2022)[2] | 130 |
| • Density | 9.3/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 acommune in thePyrénées-Orientalesdepartment in southernFrance.
Caramany is located in thecanton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in thearrondissement of Perpignan.
Places adjacent to Caramany | |
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The name of Caramany first appears in 1212 asKaramay. It is then seen in 1242 asKaramanho,[3] in 1261 asCaramain,[4] in 1304 asCaramayn and finally in 1395 asCaramany.[5] On the 18th centuryCassini map, the name is written in French asCaramaing. BothCaramany andCaramaing 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 isCaramanh in the modern day spelling ofLanguedocien dialect. But although the town is part ofFenouillèdes, an Occitan speaking-zone, today's name has kept the Catalan spelling, in use since medieval times.[5]
The name Caramany is a compound ofker,pre-indoeuropean forstone, andmagnus, Latin forbig, meaning as a wholebig stone. This type of name was often applied to a place with an important castle on a mountain, or an impressive mountain itself.[7]
| 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 |
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| 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] | ||
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