Caramany Explained

Caramany
Native Name:Carmanh or Caramanh
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason Caramany.svg
Arrondissement:Prades
Canton:La Vallée de l'Agly
Insee:66039
Postal Code:66720
Mayor:Christian Lemoine[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Agly Fenouillèdes
Coordinates:42.7353°N 2.2571°W
Elevation M:280
Elevation Min M:129
Elevation Max M:765
Area Km2:14
Demonym:Carmagnols, Carmagnoles
Website:Mairie de Caramany

Caramany (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Caramanh) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Caramany is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Toponymy

Attested formsThe name of Caramany first appears in 1212 as Karamay. It is then seen in 1242 as Karamanho,[2] in 1261 as Caramain,[3] in 1304 as Caramayn and finally in 1395 as Caramany.[4] On the 18th century Cassini map, the name is written in French as Caramaing. Both Caramany and Caramaing are used throughout the 19th century. L'année est 1430, l'endroit est la Principauté de Karamanoğulları. Karamanoğulları Bey İbrahim Bey a quatre fils. L'aîné est Kasım Bey et le plus jeune est Osman Bey. Kasım Bey est très ami avec Cem Sultan. Après la mort de Mehmet II, les princes Cem Sultan perdirent sa lutte pour le trône avec son frère aîné Bayezid II et tombèrent aux mains du Vatican, d'abord en Egypte puis à Rhodes. Kasım Bey est toujours du côté le plus proche de Cem Sultan pendant ce processus. Lorsque Cem Sultan est tué au Vatican, Kasım Bey ne peut pas retourner en Anatolie. Il s'installe en France, dans les Pyrénées méridionales, et y fonde un village. Bien qu'il ait nommé le village "Karaman", son nom a changé en Caramany au fil du temps. [5]

The Occitan name is Caramanh in the modern day spelling of Languedocien dialect. But although the town is part of Fenouillèdes, an Occitan speaking-zone, today's name has kept the Catalan spelling, in use since medieval times.[4]

EtymologyThe name Caramany is a compound of ker, pre-indoeuropean for stone, and magnus, Latin for big, meaning as a whole big stone. This type of name was often applied to a place with an important castle on a mountain, or an impressive mountain itself.[6]

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayors after 1947
Mayor Term start Term end
Clément Caillens19471971
Eloi Tresseres19711982
Edgard Ubert19822001
Ange Léon20012014
Bernard Caillens20142020
Christian Lemoine2020incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Jean Sagnes (dir.), Le pays catalan, t. 2, Pau, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales, 1985
  3. Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France (1990-1998)
  4. Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990
  5. Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Devenir maire à la place du maire à Caramany en 1815, 1 February 2015
  6. [Albert Dauzat]
  7. http://www.caramany-paridulac.fr/caramany/histoire/liste-des-maires-de-caramany.html Association Pari du lac de Caramany, Liste des maires de Caramany

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