The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.
Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed a part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a significant minority of the population. The Catalan names of communes are taken from the Enciclopèdia catalana and are intended for comparison with the official French names: they do not indicate the current or former linguistic status of the commune.
List of intercommunalities
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[1]
- Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
- Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes
- Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
- Communauté de communes des Aspres
- Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó
- Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée (partly)
- Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir
- Communauté de communes Pyrénées Catalanes
- Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne
- Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent
- Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon
- Communauté de communes du Vallespir
List of communes
Former communes and names
The following names of communes are no longer in use, either because the commune has been absorbed into another commune or because it has changed name.
- Amélie-les-Bains → Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
- Angoustrine → Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (1973)
- Anills → Ponteilla (< 1800)
- Argelès → Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
- Arles-les-Bains → Amélie-les-Bains (1840) → Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
- Ayguatébia → Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
- Aytua → Escaro (1822)
- Bajande → Estavar (1822)
- Belloc → Villefranche (< 1800) → Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
- Belpuig → Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
- Bessegarde → L'Écluse (< 1800) → Les Cluses (1984)
- Boiça → Alénya (< 1800)
- Cabanes → Saint-Génis (< 1800) → Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (1968)
- Caldegas → Bourg-Madame (1973)
- Canet → Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire (1972) → Canet-en-Roussillon (1983)
- Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire → Canet-en-Roussillon and Saint-Nazaire (1983)
- Caudiès → Caudiès-de-Conflent (1983)
- Caudiès → Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (1898)
- Château-Roussillon → Perpignan (< 1800)
- Comes → Eus (1828)
- Corneilla → Corneilla-de-Conflent (1933)
- Cortals → La Llagonne (1822)
- L'Écluse → Les Cluses (1984)
- En → Nyer (1822)
- Espira → Espira-de-Conflent (1933)
- Évol → Olette (1827)
- Fetges → Sauto (< 1800)
- Flassa → Jujols (< 1800)
- Fontanils → Arles-sur-Tech (1823)
- Garrieux → Salses (< 1800)
- Garrius → Salses (< 1800)
- Hix → Bourg-Madame (1815)
- Les Horts → Serdinya (1822)
- Las Illas → Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
- Ille → Ille-sur-Têt (1953)
- Laroque → Laroque-des-Albères (1953)
- Lavaill → Sorède (1822)
- Levilar → Villelongue-dels-Monts (1803)
- Llar → Canaveilles (1821)
- Marcevol → Arboussols (1822)
- Marians → Souanyas (1822)
- Maureillas → Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
- Molitg → Molitg-les-Bains (1970)
- Montalba → Montalba-d'Amélie (1933) → Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1963)
- Montalba → Montalba-le-Château (1933)
- Montalba-d'Amélie → Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1963)
- Montesquieu → Montesquieu-des-Albères (1992)
- Nidolère → Tresserre (< 1800)
- Nyls → Ponteilla (< 1800)
- Odeillo → Odeillo-Via (1900) → Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
- Odeillo-Via → Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
- Opoul → Opoul-Périllos (1972)
- Palalda → Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
- Palau → Palau-de-Cerdagne (1936)
- Palol → Céret (1823)
- Passa-Llauro-Tordères → Llauro, Passa and Tordères (1989)
- La Pave → Argelès (< 1800) → Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
- La Perche → La Cabanasse (< 1800)
- Perillos → Opoul-Périllos (1972)
- Pézilla → Pézilla-de-Conflent (1933)
- Porté → Porté-Puymorens (1954)
- Prats → Prats-de-Sournia (1933)
- Prats → Prats-Saint-Thomas (< 1800) → Fontpédrouse (1822)
- Prats-de-Mollo → Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (1956)
- Prats-Saint-Thomas → Fontpédrouse (1822)
- Prunet → Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
- Ria → Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973)
- Ria-Sirach-Urbanya → Ria-Sirach and Urbanya (1983)
- Riunogues → Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
- Ro → Saillagouse (1822)
- Rohet → Llo (< 1800)
- Sahorle → Vinça (< 1800)
- Saillagouse-Llo → Llo and Saillagouse (1984)
- Saint-Génis → Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (1968)
- Saint-Martin → Maureillas (1823) → Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
- Saint-Paul → Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (1953)
- Saint-Thomas → Prats-Saint-Thomas (< 1800) → Fontpédrouse (1822)
- Salses → Salses-le-Château (1986)
- Selva → Las Illas (1823) → Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
- Serrabonne → Boule-d'Amont (1822)
- Sirach → Ria (1822) → Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973) → Ria-Sirach (1983)
- Talau → Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
- Taxo-d'Amont → Saint-André (< 1800)
- Taxo-d'Avall → Argelès (< 1800) → Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
- Thuès-Dellar → Thuès-Entre-Valls (1822)
- Touren → Sahorre (1822)
- Vedrinyans → Saillagouse (1822)
- Vernet → Vernet-les-Bains (1953)
- Via → Odeillo (1822)→ Odeillo-Via (1900) → Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
- Villefranche → Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
- Villeneuve-des-Escaldes → Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (1973)
- Villerach → Clara (1822)
- Villeroge → Coustouges (< 1800)
References
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