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SAILLAGOUSE is in the south of France, in the Languedoc Roussillon region.
The Languedoc Roussillon region is divided
into 5 departments : Lozère (48), Gard (30), Hérault (34), Aude
(11) and Pyrénées Orientales (66).
SAILLAGOUSE is located in the Pyrénées Orientales department the prefecture of which is Perpignan .
SAILLAGOUSE forms part of the Prades arrondissement and it is the main town of the canton called Cerdagne.
Logo of Cerdagne
Built on a crossing of a roman way, SAILLAGOUSE's
history is over ten centuries old. It is an ancient straggling village of potters
who had tile works, brickworks, potteries.
Nowadays, there are only few ancient houses and the
Sainte Eugénie church, consecreted in 913, was restored successively
in the XIIth and the XVIIIth centuries. Its walls and
ornementations are essentially roman, but its baroque retable assigned to Sunner
is very curious.
SAILLAGOUSE, a touristic centre, offers all the year
an ideal climate - 300 days of sun per year - a central geographic position
which provides easy access to cultural walk, hill walking and sport activities,
an accomodation in a genuine town.
Each season provides many reasons to come and reside
in the town:
- In winter, it is a quiet and comfortable accomodation
place with quick and safe access to ski resorts.
- Spring is the best period to discover the faun and
flora of our mountains and practice fishing in our rivers or in our lakes.
- Summer is the ideal season to practice hill walking
and follow marked paths. An important variety of walks, hill walkings of natural
or cultural discoveries are proposed.
- Autumn is the season of mushrooms and hunting.
All the year, SAILLAGOUSE offers a lot of activities
frequently renewed and numerous local fetes gether people around grilled meat,
paella, dances.
By car : by the road N 116 from Perpignan; by the pass or the tunnel of Puymorens and the roads N 20 and 116 from Toulouse;by the tunnel of Cadi and the road N 116 from Barcelone; by the roads D 118 and N 116 from Carcassonne.
By train : from Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse,
Barcelone via La tour de Carol and the "Train Jaune de Cerdagne"; from Paris,
Lyon, Marseille, Nice via Perpignan and Villefranche de Conflent by the "Train
Jaune de Cerdagne".
To get further informations, contact the SNCF station
of Perpignan, phone number : +33 8 36 35 35 35 and +33 8 36 67 68 69 or the RENFE station of Puigcerdà (Spain), phone number : +34 9 72 88 01 65.
Information about the "Train Jaune de Cerdagne" (prices, timetables, ...) is available
here.
By plane : from the airports of Toulouse and Perpignan/Rivesaltes.
By bus : Les Courriers Catalans; 2, boulevard St. Assiscle; 66027 Perpignan (France), phone number : +33 4 68 55 68 00.
In the town, there are two hotels and two restaurants:
- hotel restaurant PLANES PLANOTEL** (gastronomic meals and regional cooking)
- hotel LE CHRISTIANNIA
- restaurant LE CRAPAHUTEUR
There are also :
- parc résidentiel LE VEDRIGNANS (renting of chalets)
- camping LE CERDAN *** (camping, renting of "mobil-home")
- camping LE SEGRE ** (camping, renting of "mobil-home")
- camping ILISA *** (camping, renting of "mobil-home", renting of chalets)
- LE RELAX DES OISEAUX (renting of family house)
A list of furnished flats can be obtained at the Tourist Office.
You will find in the village more than 40 shopkeepers and craftsmen in many activities:
garage, petrol stations, do-it-yourself centre, plumbing, electricity, brickwork,
painting, joinery, butchery and delicatessen shop, bakers and confectioner's
shop, tobacco & press, insurance company, chemist's shop, minimarket,
sale of pigeons, minerals, estate agencies, sport clothing, furniture
shop, hairdresser...
Altitude : 1306 meters - Latitude 42° 27' 39" N - Longitude 2° 02' 25" E
Area of the commune : 11.35 km2
Number of inhabitants : 819 in 1999, 971 in 2005
Population density : 72 inabitants/km2 in 1999, 86 inabitants/km2 in 2005
Town hall
Address : Mairie de Saillagouse, Place Oliva, 66800
SAILLAGOUSE (FRANCE)
Phone : +33 4 68 04 72 89 Fax : +33
4 68 04 05 57
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Tourist information centre |
Address : Office de Tourisme, Place del Roser, 66800
SAILLAGOUSE (FRANCE)
Phone : +33 4 68 04 15 47
Open in summer. Timetables : 10H - 12H30 & 14H30
- 18H30.
Church square
The town hall
Entrance of the town
Place du roser
Church square of Saillagouse
Church square by night , with country dancing : the " sardane " and the retable of the church
Place Oliva
The town hall
Photographic credits : F.BERLIC / A.THIBAUT / Mairie de Saillagouse.
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