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Caramany - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 42°44′07″N 2°15′26″E / 42.7353°N 02.2571°E

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Caramany Carmanh or Caramanh
Commune
A view of the village from the rock of Bade
Coat of arms
Location of Caramany
Caramany Show map of France Caramany Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°44′07″N 2°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 (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

Localisation

Caramany is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Places adjacent to Caramany

Caramany

Toponymy

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

Mayors

Mayors before 1947
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

Mayors after 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

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