Arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

Map of arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department.

The 3 arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department are:[1]

  1. Arrondissement of Céret, (subprefecture: Céret) with 64 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 134,629 in 2021.
  2. Arrondissement of Perpignan, (prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department: Perpignan) with 39 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 292,142 in 2021.
  3. Arrondissement of Prades, (subprefecture: Prades) with 123 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 60,536 in 2021.

History

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In 1800 the arrondissements of Perpignan, Céret and Prades were established.[2] All of them was never disbanded.

Map of the three arrondissements before 2017

The borders of the arrondissements of Pyrénées-Orientales were modified in January 2017:[3]

  • 24 communes from the arrondissement of Perpignan to the arrondissement of Céret
  • 23 communes from the arrondissement of Perpignan to the arrondissement of Prades

References

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  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Historique des Pyrénées-Orientales
  3. ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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