Arrondissement of Prades

The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrénées-Orientales département. Its capital is the city of Prades. It is the only arrondissement of the department without access to the Mediterranean Sea.

Prades
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
No. of communes123
SubprefecturePrades
Area
2,181.4 km2 (842.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
60,068
INSEE code663

History

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

Geography

The arrondissement of Prades is in the southwest of the department and is the largest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,845.1 square kilometres (712 square miles),[3] but it is the third in population, with 43,176 inhabitants and a density of 23.4 inhabitants/km².[4]

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Aude department, to the east by the arrondissements of Perpignan and Céret, to the south by Spain, to the southwest by Andorra and to the northwest by the Ariège department.

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 Prades, only the Les Pyrénées catalanes canton has its 62 communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Prades
INSEE
Code		CantonCéretPerpignanPradesTotal
6602Le Canigou162541
6613Les Pyrénées catalanes6262
6615La Vallée de l'Agly271138
6616La Vallée de la Têt8210

Communes

The arrondissement of Prades has 100 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (66005)
  2. Arboussols (66007)
  3. Ayguatébia-Talau (66010)
  4. Baillestavy (66013)
  5. Bolquère (66020)
  6. Boule-d'Amont (66022)
  7. Bouleternère (66023)
  8. Bourg-Madame (66025)
  9. Campoussy (66035)
  10. Campôme (66034)
  11. Canaveilles (66036)
  12. Casefabre (66040)
  13. Casteil (66043)
  14. Catllar (66045)
  15. Caudiès-de-Conflent (66047)
  16. Clara (66051)
  17. Codalet (66052)
  18. Conat (66054)
  19. Corneilla-de-Conflent (66057)
  20. Dorres (66062)
  21. Enveitg (66066)
  22. Err (66067)
  23. Escaro (66068)
  24. Espira-de-Conflent (66070)
  25. Estavar (66072)
  26. Estoher (66073)
  27. Eus (66074)
  28. Eyne (66075)
  29. Felluns (66076)
  30. Fillols (66078)
  31. Finestret (66079)
  32. Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (66124)
  33. Fontpédrouse (66080)
  34. Fontrabiouse (66081)
  35. Formiguères (66082)
  36. Fuilla (66085)
  37. Glorianes (66086)
  38. Ille-sur-Têt (66088)
  39. Joch (66089)
  40. Jujols (66090)
  41. La Cabanasse (66027)
  42. La Llagonne (66098)
  43. Latour-de-Carol (66095)
  44. Le Vivier (66234)
  45. Les Angles (66004)
  46. Llo (66100)
  47. Los Masos (66104)
  48. Mantet (66102)
  49. Marquixanes (66103)
  50. Matemale (66105)
  51. Molitg-les-Bains (66109)
  52. Mont-Louis (66117)
  53. Montalba-le-Château (66111)
  54. Mosset (66119)
  55. Nahuja (66120)
  56. Nohèdes (66122)
  57. Nyer (66123)
  58. Olette (66125)
  59. Oreilla (66128)
  60. Osséja (66130)
  61. Palau-de-Cerdagne (66132)
  62. Planès (66142)
  63. Porta (66146)
  64. Porté-Puymorens (66147)
  65. Prades (66149)
  66. Prats-de-Sournia (66151)
  67. Prunet-et-Belpuig (66153)
  68. Puyvalador (66154)
  69. Py (66155)
  70. Pézilla-de-Conflent (66139)
  71. Rabouillet (66156)
  72. Railleu (66157)
  73. Ria-Sirach (66161)
  74. Rigarda (66162)
  75. Rodès (66165)
  76. Réal (66159)
  77. Sahorre (66166)
  78. Saillagouse (66167)
  79. Saint-Michel-de-Llotes (66185)
  80. Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats (66188)
  81. Sainte-Léocadie (66181)
  82. Sansa (66191)
  83. Sauto (66192)
  84. Serdinya (66193)
  85. Souanyas (66197)
  86. Sournia (66198)
  87. Tarerach (66201)
  88. Targassonne (66202)
  89. Taurinya (66204)
  90. Thuès-Entre-Valls (66209)
  91. Trilla (66216)
  92. Trévillach (66215)
  93. Ur (66218)
  94. Urbanya (66219)
  95. Valcebollère (66220)
  96. Valmanya (66221)
  97. Vernet-les-Bains (66222)
  98. Villefranche-de-Conflent (66223)
  99. Vinça (66230)
  100. Égat (66064)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
66149Prades5,927Les Pyrénées catalanesConflent-Canigó
66088Ille-sur-Têt5,375La Vallée de la TêtRoussillon-Conflent
66230Vinça1,994Le CanigouConflent-Canigó
66124Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via1,916Les Pyrénées catalanesCapcir Haut-Conflent
66222Vernet-les-Bains1,344Le CanigouConflent-Canigó
66130Osséja1,330Les Pyrénées catalanesPyrénées Cerdagne
66161Ria-Sirach1,309Les Pyrénées catalanesConflent-Canigó
66025Bourg-Madame1,201Les Pyrénées catalanesPyrénées Cerdagne
66167Saillagouse1,085Les Pyrénées catalanesPyrénées Cerdagne

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 Prades (663)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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