Sorède
Encyclopedia
Sorède is a commune
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
department in southern France
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Administration
| Period | Identity | Party | Profession | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 - 1989 | André Cavaillé | |||
| Since 1989 | Yves Porteix | UDF Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's... /MoDem Democratic Movement (France) The Democratic Movement , MoDem) is a centrist, social liberal and pro-European French political party that was founded by centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy and to contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential... |
Mayor & Vice-president of the Community of Communes | |
| Other names are not yet known. | ||||
Sights
- The main church "St Assiscle et Ste Victoire", 14th century choir, 17th century BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
sculptures. - Notre-Dame du Château, an 18th century sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the mountains, and the ruins of the castle of Ultrera, dating from the early Middle Ages.
- Saint Martin de Lavail, a 9th century RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
chapel. - Since the 13th century, whipsWhipsWhips may refer to:*Whip plural.*Political Whip.*An acronym: WHIPS, Whiplash Injury Protection System....
have been made from the local celtis tree. Celtis whips are still made by hand today in Sorède and visitors can tour the worshop where they are made.
People
- Father Antonio Gomes, known as « Padre Himalaya », a Portuguese scientist and priest who experimented with one of the first solar ovens in Sorède in 1900.
- Philippe Clarke - half English, half French; Clarke moved to his family Villa in the Village in 2000; he was one of the first winners of the Euro Millions Lottery in February 2004. Clarke won an estimated 19,000,000 Euros.