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*:

### 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