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.

## 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.

### 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_:

|INSEE Code || Canton || Céret || Perpignan || Prades || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6602|Le Canigou|16||25|**41**|
|6613|Les Pyrénées catalanes|||62|**62**|
|6615|La Vallée de l'Agly||27|11|**38**|
|6616|La Vallée de la Têt||8|2|**10**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Prades has 100 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|66149|Prades|5,927|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Conflent-Canigó|
|66088|Ille-sur-Têt|5,375|La Vallée de la Têt|Roussillon-Conflent|
|66230|Vinça|1,994|Le Canigou|Conflent-Canigó|
|66124|Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via|1,916|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Capcir Haut-Conflent|
|66222|Vernet-les-Bains|1,344|Le Canigou|Conflent-Canigó|
|66130|Osséja|1,330|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Pyrénées Cerdagne|
|66161|Ria-Sirach|1,309|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Conflent-Canigó|
|66025|Bourg-Madame|1,201|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Pyrénées Cerdagne|
|66167|Saillagouse|1,085|Les Pyrénées catalanes|Pyrénées Cerdagne|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Prades
- **insee**: 663
- **nbcomm**: 123
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Prades
- **area**: 2181.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Prades 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie