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.

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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Prades INSEECode  Canton  Céret  Perpignan  Prades  Total6602 Le Canigou1625416613 Les Pyrénées catalanes62626615 La Vallée de l'Agly2711386616 La Vallée de la Têt8210

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:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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