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*:

### 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:

## Related pages
*Arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
*List of arrondissements of France

## References