Canet-en-Roussillon is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan, 9.4 km (5.8 mi) to the east of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

The city walls were destroyed in the 19th century.

With the development of sea bathing, the first beach settlement for bathers of the coast of Pyrénées-Orientales was created by Louise Lombard in 1849. As early as 1854 municipal laws were established regulating types of bathing suits and separating sea bathing zones for men and women.

Canet-en-Roussillon is twinned with:

• Maynooth, Ireland

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 225 —     1800 281 +3.23% 1806 233 −3.07% 1821 365 +3.04% 1831 384 +0.51% 1836 388 +0.21% 1841 405 +0.86% 1846 466 +2.85% 1851 509 +1.78% 1856 498 −0.44% 1861 524 +1.02% 1866 612 +3.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 662 +1.32% 1876 754 +3.31% 1881 806 +1.34% 1886 887 +1.93% 1891 914 +0.60% 1896 1,012 +2.06% 1901 1,026 +0.28% 1906 1,102 +1.44% 1911 1,215 +1.97% 1921 1,226 +0.09% 1926 1,230 +0.07% 1931 1,199 −0.51%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 1,238 +0.64% 1946 1,213 −0.20% 1954 1,853 +5.44% 1962 2,646 +4.55% 1968 3,658 +5.55% 1975 4,356 +2.53% 1982 6,030 +4.76% 1990 7,575 +2.89% 1999 10,182 +3.34% 2007 12,164 +2.25% 2012 12,602 +0.71% 2017 12,130 −0.76%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

• The medieval castle ;
• The Saint-James church ;
• The Château de l'Esparrou, a 19th c. manor ;
• The old village ;
• The sea front.

• Arlette Franco (1939-2010), mayor of Canet-en-Roussillon, deputy to the National Assembly of France and vice-president of the French Swimming Federation.
• Marc Fontan (1956-), motorcycle road racer born in Canet-en-Roussillon.

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
• Gare de Perpignan murders - a victim was found in Canet-en-Roussillon.
• XL Airways Germany Flight 888T - an air crash that happened 7 kilometers from the commune.

• Media related to Canet-en-Roussillon at Wikimedia Commons

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