Arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The 3 arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department are:[1]
- Arrondissement of Céret, (subprefecture: Céret) with 64 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 129,464 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Perpignan, (prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department: Perpignan) with 39 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 285,077 in 2016.
- Arrondissement of Prades, (subprefecture: Prades) with 123 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 59,828 in 2016.
History[edit]
In 1800 the arrondissements of Perpignan, Céret and Prades were established.[2] All of them was never disbanded.
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[edit]
- ^ "Populations légales 2016" (PDF). INSEE. December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ Historique des Pyrénées-Orientales
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
