Arrondissement Of Perpignan: Arrondissement of France
The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France.
It is part of the Pyrénées-Orientales département. Its capital is the city of Perpignan.
Perpignan | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Occitanie | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| No. of communes | 39 |
| Prefecture | Perpignan |
| Area | 720.5 km2 (278.2 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019) | 288,033 |
| INSEE code | 662 |
History
When the Pyrénées-Orientales department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Perpignan was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Perpignan is in the northeast of the department; it is the second in area, after Prades, of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,317.4 square kilometres (508.7 square miles), but it is the first in population with 349,959 inhabitants and a density of 265.6 inhabitants/km².
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Aude department, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Céret arrondissement and to the west by the Prades arrondissement.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Perpignan, there are 10 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement; others have communes in other arrondissements. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code | Canton | Céret | Perpignan | Prades | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6601 | Les Aspres | 4 | 18 | 22 | |
| 6603 | La Côte sableuse | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6604 | La Côte salanquaise | 6 | 6 | ||
| 6606 | Perpignan-1 | part of Perpignan | part of Perpignan | ||
| 6607 | Perpignan-2 | 3 + part of Perpignan | 3 + part of Perpignan | ||
| 6608 | Perpignan-3 | 1 + part of Perpignan | 1 + part of Perpignan | ||
| 6609 | Perpignan-4 | part of Perpignan | part of Perpignan | ||
| 6610 | Perpignan-5 | 1 + part of Perpignan | 1 + part of Perpignan | ||
| 6611 | Perpignan-6 | 1 + part of Perpignan | 1 + part of Perpignan | ||
| 6612 | La Plaine d'Illibéris | 9 | 9 | ||
| 6614 | Le Ribéral | 7 | 7 | ||
| 6615 | La Vallée de l'Agly | 27 | 11 | 38 | |
| 6616 | La Vallée de la Têt | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Perpignan has 86 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Alénya (66002)
- Ansignan (66006)
- Bages (66011)
- Baho (66012)
- Baixas (66014)
- Bompas (66021)
- Brouilla (66026)
- Bélesta (66019)
- Cabestany (66028)
- Caixas (66029)
- Calce (66030)
- Camélas (66033)
- Canet-en-Roussillon (66037)
- Canohès (66038)
- Caramany (66039)
- Cases-de-Pène (66041)
- Cassagnes (66042)
- Castelnou (66044)
- Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (66046)
- Claira (66050)
- Corbère (66055)
- Corbère-les-Cabanes (66056)
- Corneilla-del-Vercol (66059)
- Corneilla-la-Rivière (66058)
- Elne (66065)
- Espira-de-l'Agly (66069)
- Estagel (66071)
- Fenouillet (66077)
- Fosse (66083)
- Fourques (66084)
- Lansac (66092)
- Latour-Bas-Elne (66094)
- Latour-de-France (66096)
- Le Barcarès (66017)
- Le Soler (66195)
- Lesquerde (66097)
- Llauro (66099)
- Llupia (66101)
- Maury (66107)
- Millas (66108)
- Montescot (66114)
- Montner (66118)
- Néfiach (66121)
- Opoul-Périllos (66127)
- Ortaffa (66129)
- Passa (66134)
- Perpignan (66136)
- Peyrestortes (66138)
- Pia (66141)
- Planèzes (66143)
- Pollestres (66144)
- Ponteilla (66145)
- Prugnanes (66152)
- Pézilla-la-Rivière (66140)
- Rasiguères (66158)
- Rivesaltes (66164)
- Saint-Arnac (66169)
- Saint-Cyprien (66171)
- Saint-Estève (66172)
- Saint-Féliu-d'Amont (66173)
- Saint-Féliu-d'Avall (66174)
- Saint-Hippolyte (66176)
- Saint-Jean-Lasseille (66177)
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (66180)
- Saint-Martin (66184)
- Saint-Nazaire (66186)
- Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (66187)
- Sainte-Colombe-de-la-Commanderie (66170)
- Sainte-Marie (66182)
- Saleilles (66189)
- Salses-le-Château (66190)
- Tautavel (66205)
- Terrats (66207)
- Thuir (66210)
- Théza (66208)
- Tordères (66211)
- Torreilles (66212)
- Toulouges (66213)
- Tresserre (66214)
- Trouillas (66217)
- Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (66224)
- Villemolaque (66226)
- Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (66227)
- Villeneuve-la-Rivière (66228)
- Vingrau (66231)
- Vira (66232)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code | Commune | Population (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66136 | Perpignan | 120,605 | Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3 Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6 | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66037 | Canet-en-Roussillon | 12,224 | La Côte Sableuse | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66172 | Saint-Estève | 11,925 | Le Ribéral | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66180 | Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque | 10,269 | La Côte Salanquaise | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66171 | Saint-Cyprien | 10,015 | La Côte Sableuse | Sud-Roussillon |
| 66028 | Cabestany | 9,683 | Perpignan-3 | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66065 | Elne | 8,556 | La Plaine d'Illibéris | Albères et de la Côte Vermeille |
| 66164 | Rivesaltes | 8,550 | La Vallée de l'Agly | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66141 | Pia | 8,519 | La Côte Salanquaise | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66195 | Le Soler | 7,524 | La Vallée de la Têt | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
| 66210 | Thuir | 7,374 | Les Aspres | Les Aspres |
| 66021 | Bompas | 7,004 | Perpignan-2 | Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu) |
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References
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