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Demography

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Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 847 —     1800 1,064 +3.31% 1806 1,173 +1.64% 1821 1,401 +1.19% 1831 1,478 +0.54% 1836 1,964 +5.85% 1841 2,136 +1.69% 1846 2,251 +1.05% 1851 2,325 +0.65% 1856 2,447 +1.03% 1861 2,456 +0.07% 1866 2,537 +0.65% 1872 2,600 +0.41% 1876 2,833 +2.17% 1881 3,134 +2.04% 1886 3,303 +1.06% 1891 3,413 +0.66% 1896 3,307 −0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,358 +0.31% 1906 2,913 −2.80% 1911 2,837 −0.53% 1921 2,851 +0.05% 1926 2,835 −0.11% 1931 2,966 +0.91% 1936 2,945 −0.14% 1946 2,968 +0.08% 1954 2,907 −0.26% 1962 3,659 +2.92% 1968 5,022 +5.42% 1975 5,100 +0.22% 1982 5,723 +1.66% 1990 7,188 +2.89% 1999 9,069 +2.62% 2007 9,998 +1.23% 2012 9,901 −0.19% 2017 10,383 +0.96%
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Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE (1968-2017)[10]

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Sports

Étoile sportive catalane is the rugby union club of Argelès-sur-Mer.

Sites of interest

Buildings

• Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure (Monument historique)
• Dolmen of the Cova de l'Alarb (Monument historique)
• Dolmen of Sant Pere dels Forquets
• Chapel of Saint-Jérôme d'Argelès, from the 10th century
• Church of Saint-Ferréol de la Pava (Monument historique), from the 10th century
• Parish church of Notre-Dame del Prat, from the 14th to the 20th centuries (Monument historique)
• Church of Sainte-Marie de Torreneules, from the 8th to the 10th centuries
• Abbey of Valbonne, from the 13th to the 14th centuries
• Church of Saint-Laurent-du-Mont, from the 12th century (Monument historique)
• Church of Saint-Martin-et-Sainte-Croix, from the 11th or 12th century, and the old village of Taxo d'Avall (both Monument historique)
• Church of Saint-Pierre dels Forquets, pre-romanesque ruins
• Castle of Pujols, from the 13th century (Monument historique)
• Massane tower, in the Albera Massif, from the 13th century
• Castle of Valmy, from the 19th century
• Casa de l'Albera, museum about the Albera Massif

Natural sites

• National nature reserve of the Mas Larrieu
• National nature reserve of the Massane forest
• The Bois des pins is the historical pine forest located near the beach front. Created in the 1860s by the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, it still has to this day over 8,000 centenarian pines.^[11]

Notable people

• Marcelle Narbonne (1898-2012) : supercentenarian who lived and died in Argelès-sur-Mer.
• David Ensor (1906-1987) : British lawyer, actor, author and Labour Party politician, lived and died in Argelès-sur-Mer.
• Marc Lièvremont (1968-) : former rugby union footballer raised in Argelès-sur-Mer and former member of the Étoile sportive catalane club.