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In 1939, the Argelés concentration camp was created on the beaches near the town. At its peak in March 1939, the camp contained about 100,000 Spaniards, mostly soldiers of the defeated Republican army.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130211043742/http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Imagenes/Corazon/Corazon.htm Corazón Helado de 1939 – Los exilios republicanos]</ref>
During [[World War II]], Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a [[Camp de concentration d'Argelès-sur-Mer|concentration camp]], where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned next to a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government after the defeat of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]]. The refugees streamed to the camp from the winter of 1938/39 after the collapse of the [[Catalonia Offensive|Catalan front]] following the rebel offensive.<ref>[http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Imagenes/Corazon/Corazon.htm Corazón Helado de 1939 - Los exilios republicanos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218054205/http://www.sbhac.net/Republica/Imagenes/Corazon/Corazon.htm |date=2015-02-18 }}</ref>
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