Perpignan
French commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà) is a city in the south of France. It is also a commune and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Perpignan was the capital of the old province and county of Roussillon (Rosselló in Catalan) and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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Perpignan
Perpinyà | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3, Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6 |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020-) | Louis Aliot (RN) |
Area 1 | 68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | 120,605 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Demonym | Perpignanais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66136 /66000 |
Elevation | 8–95 m (26–312 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
Website | www.mairie-perpignan.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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Perpignan was named, from 2001, as a City of Art and History (French: Ville d'Art et d'Histoire) by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.[1][2]