Arrondissement of Perpignan
Perpignan | |
|---|---|
| Location within the region Occitanie Location within the region Occitanie | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| No. of communes | 39 |
| Prefecture | Perpignan |
Area | 720.5 km2 (278.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 295,776 |
| • Density | 411/km2 (1,060/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 662 |
The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 39 communes.[2] Its population is 292,142 (2021), and its area is 720.5 km2 (278.2 sq mi).[3]
Composition
[edit ]The communes of the arrondissement of Perpignan, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]
- Baho (66012)
- Baixas (66014)
- Le Barcarès (66017)
- Bompas (66021)
- Cabestany (66028)
- Calce (66030)
- Canet-en-Roussillon (66037)
- Canohès (66038)
- Cases-de-Pène (66041)
- Cassagnes (66042)
- Claira (66050)
- Espira-de-l'Agly (66069)
- Estagel (66071)
- Llupia (66101)
- Montner (66118)
- Opoul-Périllos (66127)
- Perpignan (66136)
- Peyrestortes (66138)
- Pézilla-la-Rivière (66140)
- Pia (66141)
- Pollestres (66144)
- Ponteilla (66145)
- Rivesaltes (66164)
- Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (66182)
- Saint-Estève (66172)
- Saint-Féliu-d'Avall (66174)
- Saint-Hippolyte (66176)
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (66180)
- Saint-Nazaire (66186)
- Saleilles (66189)
- Salses-le-Château (66190)
- Le Soler (66195)
- Tautavel (66205)
- Torreilles (66212)
- Toulouges (66213)
- Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (66224)
- Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (66227)
- Villeneuve-la-Rivière (66228)
- Vingrau (66231)
History
[edit ]The arrondissement of Perpignan was created in 1800.[4] In January 2017 it lost 24 communes to the arrondissement of Céret and 23 communes to the arrondissement of Prades.[5]
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Perpignan were, as of January 2015:[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Populations légales 2021: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2024". INSEE . Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Historique des Pyrénées-Orientales
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019年07月27日. Retrieved 2019年10月25日.
- ^ Populations légales 2012: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales, INSEE
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