# Leucate

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{{short description|Commune in Occitanie, France}}
{{Expand German|date=April 2010|Leucate}}

{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Leucate
|commune status         = [Commune](/source/Communes_of_France)
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Leucate (Aude).svg
|arrondissement         = Narbonne
|image                  = Leucate Plage (Aude), view from Etang.jpg
|caption                = A general view of Leucate
|canton                 = Les Corbières Méditerranée
|INSEE                  = 11202
|postal code            = 11370
|mayor                  = Michel Py<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [Grand Narbonne](/source/Grand_Narbonne)
|coordinates            = {{coord|42.9105|3.0294|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 25
|elevation min m        = 0
|elevation max m        = 70
|area km2               = 23.55
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Leucate''' ({{IPA|fr|løkat|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Leucate.wav}}; {{langx|oc|Leucata}}) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Aude](/source/Aude) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in southern [France](/source/France). It lies between the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) and the lagoon [Étang de Leucate](/source/%C3%89tang_de_Leucate).

==Geography==
thumb|left|Beach Leucate naturist village
Leucate is on the Mediterranean coast of France. It is part of the eastern [Corbières Massif](/source/Corbi%C3%A8res_Massif), which are called the Corbières maritimes. It is around {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [Narbonne](/source/Narbonne), and around {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [Perpignan](/source/Perpignan).

On a clear day, the [Phare du Cap Leucate](/source/Phare_du_Cap_Leucate) offers a view over the French Mediterranean Sea from the Spanish border to the south to the [Camargue](/source/Camargue) to the east.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-11202#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1233
|1975 |1244
|1982 |1968
|1990 |2177
|1999 |2732
|2007 |3655
|2012 |4148
|2017 |4428
|2023 |4562
}}

==Urban morphology==
The town stretches over five tourist attractions, from north to south:
* La Franqui
* Leucate village
* Leucate beach (Leucate plage)
* The [naturist](/source/naturist) village (Village naturiste) on the island of Correggio
* Port-Leucate.

==Personalities==
* [Henry de Monfreid](/source/Henry_de_Monfreid), adventurer and author
* [Françoise de Cezelli](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_de_Cezelli) (1558–1615) [knight](/source/knight) and French female war hero
* [André Héléna](/source/Andr%C3%A9_H%C3%A9l%C3%A9na) (1919–1972) author
* [Christophe Neff](/source/Christophe_Neff) geographer

==See also==
* [Fitou AOC](/source/Fitou_AOC)
* [Corbières AOC](/source/Corbi%C3%A8res_AOC)
* [Communes of the Aude department](/source/Communes_of_the_Aude_department)
* [Siege of Leucate](/source/Siege_of_Leucate) (1637)

==Sources==
* Nöel Hautemanière and Jacques Hiron: ''Leucate : plein cadre; livre de photographies''. Toreilles, 2004, {{ISBN|2-9516053-3-1}}.
* Christophe Neff: ''Kulturlandschaftswandel, Fremdenverkehr und Biodiversität auf der Halbinsel Leucate (Dept. Aude / Frankreich).'' In: ''Fremdenverkehrsgebiete des Mittelmeerraumes im Umbruch. Beiträge der Tagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographische Mittelmeerländer-Forschung“ vom 11.-13. Oktober 1996 in Regensburg.'' Regensburger Geographische Schriften, Heft 27, S. 99-135, Regensburg, 1998, {{ISBN|3-88246-193-4}}
* Christophe Neff : ''Observation géographiques et floristiques sur la presqu'île de Leucate''. In: Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nîmes et Gard, T. 62, 1999, 23-34. DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000121552, download by KITopen [https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000121552]
* Christophe Neff and Peter Frankenberg : ''Reflexions géobotaniques sur les plantes échappees de jardins: L´example de Euphorbia dendroides et d´autres espèces ornementales dans la région de Leucate et dans les Corbières maritimes (Aude, France)''. In : Bul. Soc. Et. Sc. Nat. Nîmes et Gard, T. 63, 2001, 7- 10.
* Christophe Neff : ''Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ?'' In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): ''The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002''. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, {{ISBN|2-84299-452-3}}).

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Leucate}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031214054705/http://www.leucate.net/index.asp Leucate.net]}} {{in lang|fr}}

{{Aude communes}}

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Category:Communes of Aude

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