Arrondissement of Perpignan

The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrenees-Orientales departement. Its capital is the city of Perpignan.
History
When the Pyrenees-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 Ceret 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):
Alenya (66002)
Ansignan (66006)
Bages (66011)
Baho (66012)
Baixas (66014)
Bompas (66021)
Brouilla (66026)
Belesta (66019)
Cabestany (66028)
Caixas (66029)
Calce (66030)
Camelas (66033)
Canet-en-Roussillon (66037)
Canohes (66038)
Caramany (66039)
Cases-de-Pene (66041)
Cassagnes (66042)
Castelnou (66044)
Caudies-de-Fenouilledes (66046)
Claira (66050)
Corbere (66055)
Corbere-les-Cabanes (66056)
Corneilla-del-Vercol (66059)
Corneilla-la-Riviere (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 Barcares (66017)
Le Soler (66195)
Lesquerde (66097)
Llauro (66099)
Llupia (66101)
Maury (66107)
Millas (66108)
Montescot (66114)
Montner (66118)
Nefiach (66121)
Opoul-Perillos (66127)
Ortaffa (66129)
Passa (66134)
Perpignan (66136)
Peyrestortes (66138)
Pia (66141)
Planezes (66143)
Pollestres (66144)
Ponteilla (66145)
Prugnanes (66152)
Pezilla-la-Riviere (66140)
Rasigueres (66158)
Rivesaltes (66164)
Saint-Arnac (66169)
Saint-Cyprien (66171)
Saint-Esteve (66172)
Saint-Feliu-d'Amont (66173)
Saint-Feliu-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-Chateau (66190)
Tautavel (66205)
Terrats (66207)
Thuir (66210)
Theza (66208)
Torderes (66211)
Torreilles (66212)
Toulouges (66213)
Tresserre (66214)
Trouillas (66217)
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque (66224)
Villemolaque (66226)
Villeneuve-de-la-Raho (66227)
Villeneuve-la-Riviere (66228)
Vingrau (66231)
Vira (66232)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Pyrenees-Orientales department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Perpignan