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.

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 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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Perpignan INSEECode  Canton  Céret  Perpignan  Prades  Total6601 Les Aspres418226603 La Côte sableuse446604 La Côte salanquaise666606 Perpignan-1 part of Perpignan part of Perpignan6607 Perpignan-23 + part of Perpignan3 + part of Perpignan6608 Perpignan-31 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan6609 Perpignan-4part of Perpignanpart of Perpignan6610 Perpignan-51 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan6611 Perpignan-61 + part of Perpignan1 + part of Perpignan6612 La Plaine d'Illibéris996614 Le Ribéral776615 La Vallée de l'Agly2711386616 La Vallée de la Têt8210

Communes
The arrondissement of Perpignan has 86 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 66136  Perpignan  120,605  Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3Perpignan-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

References

Perpignan