Arrondissement of Perpignan

The **arrondissement of Perpignan** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Pyrénées-Orientales _département_. Its capital is the city of Perpignan.

## History

When the Pyrénées-Orientales department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Perpignan was part of that original department.

## Geography

The **arrondissement of Perpignan** is in the northeast of the department; it is the second in area, after Prades, of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , but it is the first in population with 349,959 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the Aude department, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Céret _arrondissement_ and to the west by the Prades _arrondissement_.

### 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 Perpignan, there are 10 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_; others have _communes_ in other _arrondissements_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|INSEE Code || Canton || Céret || Perpignan || Prades || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6601|Les Aspres|4|18||**22**|
|6603|La Côte sableuse||4||**4**|
|6604|La Côte salanquaise||6||**6**|
|6606|Perpignan-1||part of Perpignan||part of Perpignan|
|6607|Perpignan-2||3 + part of Perpignan||**3** + part of Perpignan|
|6608|Perpignan-3||1 + part of Perpignan||**1** + part of Perpignan|
|6609|Perpignan-4||part of Perpignan||part of Perpignan|
|6610|Perpignan-5||1 + part of Perpignan||**1** + part of Perpignan|
|6611|Perpignan-6||1 + part of Perpignan||**1** + part of Perpignan|
|6612|La Plaine d'Illibéris||9||**9**|
|6614|Le Ribéral||7||**7**|
|6615|La Vallée de l'Agly||27|11|**38**|
|6616|La Vallée de la Têt||8|2|**10**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Perpignan has 86 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Alénya <small>(66002)</small>
1. Ansignan <small>(66006)</small>
1. Bages <small>(66011)</small>
1. Baho <small>(66012)</small>
1. Baixas <small>(66014)</small>
1. Bompas <small>(66021)</small>
1. Brouilla <small>(66026)</small>
1. Bélesta <small>(66019)</small>
1. Cabestany <small>(66028)</small>
1. Caixas <small>(66029)</small>
1. Calce <small>(66030)</small>
1. Camélas <small>(66033)</small>
1. Canet-en-Roussillon <small>(66037)</small>
1. Canohès <small>(66038)</small>
1. Caramany <small>(66039)</small>
1. Cases-de-Pène <small>(66041)</small>
1. Cassagnes <small>(66042)</small>
1. Castelnou <small>(66044)</small>
1. Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes <small>(66046)</small>
1. Claira <small>(66050)</small>
1. Corbère <small>(66055)</small>
1. Corbère-les-Cabanes <small>(66056)</small>
1. Corneilla-del-Vercol <small>(66059)</small>
1. Corneilla-la-Rivière <small>(66058)</small>
1. Elne <small>(66065)</small>
1. Espira-de-l'Agly <small>(66069)</small>
1. Estagel <small>(66071)</small>
1. Fenouillet <small>(66077)</small>
1. Fosse <small>(66083)</small>
1. Fourques <small>(66084)</small>
1. Lansac <small>(66092)</small>
1. Latour-Bas-Elne <small>(66094)</small>
1. Latour-de-France <small>(66096)</small>
1. Le Barcarès <small>(66017)</small>
1. Le Soler <small>(66195)</small>
1. Lesquerde <small>(66097)</small>
1. Llauro <small>(66099)</small>
1. Llupia <small>(66101)</small>
1. Maury <small>(66107)</small>
1. Millas <small>(66108)</small>
1. Montescot <small>(66114)</small>
1. Montner <small>(66118)</small>
1. Néfiach <small>(66121)</small>
1. Opoul-Périllos <small>(66127)</small>
1. Ortaffa <small>(66129)</small>
1. Passa <small>(66134)</small>
1. Perpignan <small>(66136)</small>
1. Peyrestortes <small>(66138)</small>
1. Pia <small>(66141)</small>
1. Planèzes <small>(66143)</small>
1. Pollestres <small>(66144)</small>
1. Ponteilla <small>(66145)</small>
1. Prugnanes <small>(66152)</small>
1. Pézilla-la-Rivière <small>(66140)</small>
1. Rasiguères <small>(66158)</small>
1. Rivesaltes <small>(66164)</small>
1. Saint-Arnac <small>(66169)</small>
1. Saint-Cyprien <small>(66171)</small>
1. Saint-Estève <small>(66172)</small>
1. Saint-Féliu-d'Amont <small>(66173)</small>
1. Saint-Féliu-d'Avall <small>(66174)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte <small>(66176)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-Lasseille <small>(66177)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque <small>(66180)</small>
1. Saint-Martin <small>(66184)</small>
1. Saint-Nazaire <small>(66186)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet <small>(66187)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe-de-la-Commanderie <small>(66170)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(66182)</small>
1. Saleilles <small>(66189)</small>
1. Salses-le-Château <small>(66190)</small>
1. Tautavel <small>(66205)</small>
1. Terrats <small>(66207)</small>
1. Thuir <small>(66210)</small>
1. Théza <small>(66208)</small>
1. Tordères <small>(66211)</small>
1. Torreilles <small>(66212)</small>
1. Toulouges <small>(66213)</small>
1. Tresserre <small>(66214)</small>
1. Trouillas <small>(66217)</small>
1. Villelongue-de-la-Salanque <small>(66224)</small>
1. Villemolaque <small>(66226)</small>
1. Villeneuve-de-la-Raho <small>(66227)</small>
1. Villeneuve-la-Rivière <small>(66228)</small>
1. Vingrau <small>(66231)</small>
1. Vira <small>(66232)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:
|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|66136|Perpignan|120,605|Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3 Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6 || Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)||
|66037|Canet-en-Roussillon|12,224|La Côte Sableuse|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66172|Saint-Estève|11,925|Le Ribéral|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66180|Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque|10,269|La Côte Salanquaise|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66171|Saint-Cyprien|10,015|La Côte Sableuse|Sud-Roussillon|
|66028|Cabestany|9,683|Perpignan-3|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66065|Elne|8,556|La Plaine d'Illibéris|Albères et de la Côte Vermeille|
|66164|Rivesaltes|8,550|La Vallée de l'Agly|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66141|Pia|8,519|La Côte Salanquaise|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66195|Le Soler|7,524|La Vallée de la Têt|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|
|66210|Thuir|7,374|Les Aspres|Les Aspres|
|66021|Bompas|7,004|Perpignan-2|Perpignan Méditerranée (Pmcu)|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Perpignan
- **insee**: 662
- **nbcomm**: 39
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Perpignan
- **area**: 720.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Perpignan 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie