Salses-le-Château

Salses-le-Château
Entrance of the Fort de Salses
Location of Salses-le-Château
Salses-le-Château
Salses-le-Château
Coordinates: 42°50′01″N 2°55′11″E / 42.8336°N 2.9197°E / 42.8336; 2.9197
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLa Vallée de l'Agly
IntercommunalityCorbières Salanque Méditerranée
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Jacques Lopez
Area
1
71.28 km2 (27.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
3,965
 • Density55.63/km2 (144.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66190 /66600
Elevation0–354 m (0–1,161 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Salses-le-Château (French pronunciation: [sals ʃato] ; Occitan: Salses lo Castèl; Catalan: Salses) or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan. It is traditionally considered as the northernmost point of the Catalan Countries (the lands in which Catalan language is spoken).