Arrondissement of Prades explained

Type:arr
Prades
Insee:663
Nbcomm:123
Prefecture:n
Seat:Prades
Area:2181.4

The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 123 communes. Its population is 59,828 (2016), and its area is 2181.4km2.[1]

Composition

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

  1. Les Angles (66004)
  2. Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (66005)
  3. Ansignan (66006)
  4. Arboussols (66007)
  5. Ayguatébia-Talau (66010)
  6. Baillestavy (66013)
  7. Bélesta (66019)
  8. Bolquère (66020)
  9. Boule-d'Amont (66022)
  10. Bouleternère (66023)
  11. Bourg-Madame (66025)
  12. La Cabanasse (66027)
  13. Campôme (66034)
  14. Campoussy (66035)
  15. Canaveilles (66036)
  16. Caramany (66039)
  17. Casefabre (66040)
  18. Casteil (66043)
  19. Catllar (66045)
  20. Caudiès-de-Conflent (66047)
  21. Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (66046)
  22. Clara-Villerach (66051)
  23. Codalet (66052)
  24. Conat (66054)
  25. Corbère (66055)
  26. Corbère-les-Cabanes (66056)
  27. Corneilla-de-Conflent (66057)
  28. Corneilla-la-Rivière (66058)
  29. Dorres (66062)
  30. Égat (66064)
  31. Enveitg (66066)
  32. Err (66067)
  33. Escaro (66068)
  34. Espira-de-Conflent (66070)
  35. Estavar (66072)
  36. Estoher (66073)
  37. Eus (66074)
  38. Eyne (66075)
  39. Feilluns (66076)
  40. Fenouillet (66077)
  41. Fillols (66078)
  42. Finestret (66079)
  43. Fontpédrouse (66080)
  44. Fontrabiouse (66081)
  45. Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (66124)
  46. Formiguères (66082)
  47. Fosse (66083)
  48. Fuilla (66085)
  49. Glorianes (66086)
  50. Ille-sur-Têt (66088)
  51. Joch (66089)
  52. Jujols (66090)
  53. Lansac (66092)
  54. Latour-de-Carol (66095)
  55. Latour-de-France (66096)
  56. Lesquerde (66097)
  57. La Llagonne (66098)
  58. Llo (66100)
  59. Mantet (66102)
  60. Marquixanes (66103)
  61. Los Masos (66104)
  62. Matemale (66105)
  63. Maury (66107)
  64. Millas (66108)
  65. Molitg-les-Bains (66109)
  66. Montalba-le-Château (66111)
  67. Mont-Louis (66117)
  68. Mosset (66119)
  69. Nahuja (66120)
  70. Néfiach (66121)
  71. Nohèdes (66122)
  72. Nyer (66123)
  73. Olette (66125)
  74. Oreilla (66128)
  75. Osséja (66130)
  76. Palau-de-Cerdagne (66132)
  77. Pézilla-de-Conflent (66139)
  78. Planès (66142)
  79. Planèzes (66143)
  80. Porta (66146)
  81. Porté-Puymorens (66147)
  82. Prades (66149)
  83. Prats-de-Sournia (66151)
  84. Prugnanes (66152)
  85. Prunet-et-Belpuig (66153)
  86. Puyvalador (66154)
  87. Py (66155)
  88. Rabouillet (66156)
  89. Railleu (66157)
  90. Rasiguères (66158)
  91. Réal (66159)
  92. Ria-Sirach (66161)
  93. Rigarda (66162)
  94. Rodès (66165)
  95. Sahorre (66166)
  96. Saillagouse (66167)
  97. Saint-Arnac (66169)
  98. Sainte-Léocadie (66181)
  99. Saint-Féliu-d'Amont (66173)
  100. Saint-Martin-de-Fenouillet (66184)
  101. Saint-Michel-de-Llotes (66185)
  102. Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (66187)
  103. Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats (66188)
  104. Sansa (66191)
  105. Sauto (66192)
  106. Serdinya (66193)
  107. Souanyas (66197)
  108. Sournia (66198)
  109. Tarerach (66201)
  110. Targasonne (66202)
  111. Taurinya (66204)
  112. Thuès-Entre-Valls (66209)
  113. Trévillach (66215)
  114. Trilla (66216)
  115. Ur (66218)
  116. Urbanya (66219)
  117. Valcebollère (66220)
  118. Valmanya (66221)
  119. Vernet-les-Bains (66222)
  120. Villefranche-de-Conflent (66223)
  121. Vinça (66230)
  122. Vira (66232)
  123. Le Vivier (66234)

History

The arrondissement of Prades was created in 1800.[3] In January 2017 it gained 23 communes from the arrondissement of Perpignan.[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 Prades were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Mont-Louis
  2. Olette
  3. Prades
  4. Saillagouse
  5. Sournia
  6. Vinça

References

42.615°N 2.4236°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-03. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Prades (663). 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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