Arrondissement of Perpignan

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
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
No. of communes39
PrefecturePerpignan
Area
720.5 km2 (278.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
288,033
INSEE code662

History

When the Pyrénées-Orientales department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Perpignan was part of that original department.[2]

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),[3] but it is the first in population with 349,959 inhabitants and a density of 265.6 inhabitants/km².[4]

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,[5] 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Perpignan
INSEE
Code		CantonCéretPerpignanPradesTotal
6601Les Aspres41822
6603La Côte sableuse44
6604La Côte salanquaise66
6606Perpignan-1part of Perpignanpart of Perpignan
6607Perpignan-23 + part of Perpignan3 + part of Perpignan
6608Perpignan-31 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan
6609Perpignan-4part of Perpignanpart of Perpignan
6610Perpignan-51 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan
6611Perpignan-61 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan
6612La Plaine d'Illibéris99
6614Le Ribéral77
6615La Vallée de l'Agly271138
6616La Vallée de la Têt8210

Communes

The arrondissement of Perpignan has 86 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Alénya (66002)
  2. Ansignan (66006)
  3. Bages (66011)
  4. Baho (66012)
  5. Baixas (66014)
  6. Bompas (66021)
  7. Brouilla (66026)
  8. Bélesta (66019)
  9. Cabestany (66028)
  10. Caixas (66029)
  11. Calce (66030)
  12. Camélas (66033)
  13. Canet-en-Roussillon (66037)
  14. Canohès (66038)
  15. Caramany (66039)
  16. Cases-de-Pène (66041)
  17. Cassagnes (66042)
  18. Castelnou (66044)
  19. Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (66046)
  20. Claira (66050)
  21. Corbère (66055)
  22. Corbère-les-Cabanes (66056)
  23. Corneilla-del-Vercol (66059)
  24. Corneilla-la-Rivière (66058)
  25. Elne (66065)
  26. Espira-de-l'Agly (66069)
  27. Estagel (66071)
  28. Fenouillet (66077)
  29. Fosse (66083)
  30. Fourques (66084)
  31. Lansac (66092)
  32. Latour-Bas-Elne (66094)
  33. Latour-de-France (66096)
  34. Le Barcarès (66017)
  35. Le Soler (66195)
  36. Lesquerde (66097)
  37. Llauro (66099)
  38. Llupia (66101)
  39. Maury (66107)
  40. Millas (66108)
  41. Montescot (66114)
  42. Montner (66118)
  43. Néfiach (66121)
  44. Opoul-Périllos (66127)
  45. Ortaffa (66129)
  46. Passa (66134)
  47. Perpignan (66136)
  48. Peyrestortes (66138)
  49. Pia (66141)
  50. Planèzes (66143)
  51. Pollestres (66144)
  52. Ponteilla (66145)
  53. Prugnanes (66152)
  54. Pézilla-la-Rivière (66140)
  55. Rasiguères (66158)
  56. Rivesaltes (66164)
  57. Saint-Arnac (66169)
  58. Saint-Cyprien (66171)
  59. Saint-Estève (66172)
  60. Saint-Féliu-d'Amont (66173)
  61. Saint-Féliu-d'Avall (66174)
  62. Saint-Hippolyte (66176)
  63. Saint-Jean-Lasseille (66177)
  64. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (66180)
  65. Saint-Martin (66184)
  66. Saint-Nazaire (66186)
  67. Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (66187)
  68. Sainte-Colombe-de-la-Commanderie (66170)
  69. Sainte-Marie (66182)
  70. Saleilles (66189)
  71. Salses-le-Château (66190)
  72. Tautavel (66205)
  73. Terrats (66207)
  74. Thuir (66210)
  75. Théza (66208)
  76. Tordères (66211)
  77. Torreilles (66212)
  78. Toulouges (66213)
  79. Tresserre (66214)
  80. Trouillas (66217)
  81. Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (66224)
  82. Villemolaque (66226)
  83. Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (66227)
  84. Villeneuve-la-Rivière (66228)
  85. Vingrau (66231)
  86. Vira (66232)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
66136Perpignan120,605Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3
Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6		Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66037Canet-en-Roussillon12,224La Côte SableusePerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66172Saint-Estève11,925Le RibéralPerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66180Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque10,269La Côte SalanquaisePerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66171Saint-Cyprien10,015La Côte SableuseSud-Roussillon
66028Cabestany9,683Perpignan-3Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66065Elne8,556La Plaine d'IllibérisAlbères et de la Côte Vermeille
66164Rivesaltes8,550La Vallée de l'AglyPerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66141Pia8,519La Côte SalanquaisePerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66195Le Soler7,524La Vallée de la TêtPerpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)
66210Thuir7,374Les AspresLes Aspres
66021Bompas7,004Perpignan-2Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique des Pyrénées-Orientales". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. "Département des Pyrénées-Orientales (66)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "Arrondissement de Perpignan (662)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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