Situation
Cerbere is a municipality of the department of PYRENEES-ORIENTALES, CERET's district. With the four other municipalities of the coast whom are Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls on Sea, they constitute the Canton of the "Côte Vermeille".
Cerbere is 975 km from Paris and 45 km of Perpignan.
The border with Spain is 4 km, the next Spanish village is Port-Bou in 8 km.

Relief
Cerbere coils up around a narrow handle cut from the last foothills of Pyrenees. The ground is schistose, marked by the iron presence, where from its reddening aspect (the llose). Zones in projections reveal harder materials such as quartzites of blue aspect ( the penya blaua ). The circumference of the coast is sculptured by the navy erosion, but also by the éolienne erosion.

Highlight: the Peak CARROITG (678 m).
The vegetation is of type scrubland with some rare copses concentrated on water sources.

Climate
The average climate of oriental Albères is subtropical in dry summer, that is the Mediterranean typical climate. One observes a dry dominance in summer and moderated in winter, with however cold episodes according to the Southern influence (warm and wet) or northerly (cold and dry) winds.

The pluviometry is characterized by its suddenness, its intensity and its irregularity.
The tramontana, hunting(chasing away) clouds, gives an exceptional period of sunshine.