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.

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

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 ,  but it is the third in population, with 43,176 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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, 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:

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

 Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (66005)
 Arboussols (66007)
 Ayguatébia-Talau (66010)
 Baillestavy (66013)
 Bolquère (66020)
 Boule-d'Amont (66022)
 Bouleternère (66023)
 Bourg-Madame (66025)
 Campoussy (66035)
 Campôme (66034)
 Canaveilles (66036)
 Casefabre (66040)
 Casteil (66043)
 Catllar (66045)
 Caudiès-de-Conflent (66047)
 Clara (66051)
 Codalet (66052)
 Conat (66054)
 Corneilla-de-Conflent (66057)
 Dorres (66062)
 Enveitg (66066)
 Err (66067)
 Escaro (66068)
 Espira-de-Conflent (66070)
 Estavar (66072)
 Estoher (66073)
 Eus (66074)
 Eyne (66075)
 Felluns (66076)
 Fillols (66078)
 Finestret (66079)
 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (66124)
 Fontpédrouse (66080)
 Fontrabiouse (66081)
 Formiguères (66082)
 Fuilla (66085)
 Glorianes (66086)
 Ille-sur-Têt (66088)
 Joch (66089)
 Jujols (66090)
 La Cabanasse (66027)
 La Llagonne (66098)
 Latour-de-Carol (66095)
 Le Vivier (66234)
 Les Angles (66004)
 Llo (66100)
 Los Masos (66104)
 Mantet (66102)
 Marquixanes (66103)
 Matemale (66105)
 Molitg-les-Bains (66109)
 Mont-Louis (66117)
 Montalba-le-Château (66111)
 Mosset (66119)
 Nahuja (66120)
 Nohèdes (66122)
 Nyer (66123)
 Olette (66125)
 Oreilla (66128)
 Osséja (66130)
 Palau-de-Cerdagne (66132)
 Planès (66142)
 Porta (66146)
 Porté-Puymorens (66147)
 Prades (66149)
 Prats-de-Sournia (66151)
 Prunet-et-Belpuig (66153)
 Puyvalador (66154)
 Py (66155)
 Pézilla-de-Conflent (66139)
 Rabouillet (66156)
 Railleu (66157)
 Ria-Sirach (66161)
 Rigarda (66162)
 Rodès (66165)
 Réal (66159)
 Sahorre (66166)
 Saillagouse (66167)
 Saint-Michel-de-Llotes (66185)
 Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats (66188)
 Sainte-Léocadie (66181)
 Sansa (66191)
 Sauto (66192)
 Serdinya (66193)
 Souanyas (66197)
 Sournia (66198)
 Tarerach (66201)
 Targassonne (66202)
 Taurinya (66204)
 Thuès-Entre-Valls (66209)
 Trilla (66216)
 Trévillach (66215)
 Ur (66218)
 Urbanya (66219)
 Valcebollère (66220)
 Valmanya (66221)
 Vernet-les-Bains (66222)
 Villefranche-de-Conflent (66223)
 Vinça (66230)
 Égat (66064)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
Arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
List of arrondissements of France

References

Prades
Occitanie