Arrondissement of Perpignan explained

Type:arr
Perpignan
Insee:662
Nbcomm:39
Prefecture:y
Seat:Perpignan
Area:720.5

The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 39 communes. Its population is 285,077 (2016), and its area is 720.5km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Perpignan, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Baho (66012)
  2. Baixas (66014)
  3. Le Barcarès (66017)
  4. Bompas (66021)
  5. Cabestany (66028)
  6. Calce (66030)
  7. Canet-en-Roussillon (66037)
  8. Canohès (66038)
  9. Cases-de-Pène (66041)
  10. Cassagnes (66042)
  11. Claira (66050)
  12. Espira-de-l'Agly (66069)
  13. Estagel (66071)
  14. Llupia (66101)
  15. Montner (66118)
  16. Opoul-Périllos (66127)
  17. Perpignan (66136)
  18. Peyrestortes (66138)
  19. Pézilla-la-Rivière (66140)
  20. Pia (66141)
  21. Pollestres (66144)
  22. Ponteilla (66145)
  23. Rivesaltes (66164)
  24. Sainte-Marie-la-Mer (66182)
  25. Saint-Estève (66172)
  26. Saint-Féliu-d'Avall (66174)
  27. Saint-Hippolyte (66176)
  28. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (66180)
  29. Saint-Nazaire (66186)
  30. Saleilles (66189)
  31. Salses-le-Château (66190)
  32. Le Soler (66195)
  33. Tautavel (66205)
  34. Torreilles (66212)
  35. Toulouges (66213)
  36. Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (66224)
  37. Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (66227)
  38. Villeneuve-la-Rivière (66228)
  39. Vingrau (66231)

History

The arrondissement of Perpignan was created in 1800.[3] In January 2017 it lost 24 communes to the arrondissement of Céret and 23 communes to the arrondissement of Prades.[4]

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:[5]

  1. Canet-en-Roussillon
  2. La Côte Radieuse
  3. Elne
  4. Latour-de-France
  5. Millas
  6. Perpignan-1
  7. Perpignan-2
  8. Perpignan-3
  9. Perpignan-4
  10. Perpignan-5
  11. Perpignan-6
  12. Perpignan-7
  13. Perpignan-8
  14. Perpignan-9
  15. Rivesaltes
  16. Saint-Estève
  17. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
  18. Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
  19. Thuir
  20. Toulouges

References

42.6936°N 2.8911°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-03. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Perpignan (662). 2019-10-03. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/66his.html Historique des Pyrénées-Orientales
  4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016. 2019-10-25. 2019-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190727231747/http://www.pyrenees-orientales.gouv.fr/content/download/18652/146677/file/Arr%C3%AAt%C3%A9%20pr%C3%A9fectoral%20du%2029%20d%C3%A9cembre%202016%20fixant%20la%20liste%20des%20communes.pdf. dead.
  5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep66.pdf Populations légales 2012: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales

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