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Calce, Pyrénées-Orientales
Calce (; ca, Calce) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Calce is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department *Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) is a university research facility focused on risk assessment, management, and mitigation for electronic products and systems. CALCE is the largest electronic products and systems research ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative divisions, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montner
Montner () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Montner is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Pyrénées-Orientales Department
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed 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):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * |
Villeneuve-la-Rivière
Villeneuve-la-Rivière (; ca, Vilanova de la Ribera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Villeneuve-la-Rivière is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pézilla-la-Rivière
Pézilla-la-Rivière (; ca, Pesillà de la Ribera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Pézilla-la-Rivière is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadripoint
A quadripoint is a point on Earth where four distinct territories meet. The territories can be of different types, such as national and provincial. In North America, several such places are commonly known as Four Corners. Several examples exist throughout the world that use other names. Usage The word ''quadripoint'' does not appear in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' or '' Merriam-Webster Online'', though it has been used since 1964 by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State. and appears in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', as well as in the ''World Factbook'' articles on Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, dating as far back as 1990. History An early instance of four political divisions meeting at a point is the Four Shire Stone in Moreton-in-Marsh, England (attested in the Domesday Book, 1086, and mentioned since 969 if not 772); until 1931, it was the meeting point of the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corneilla-la-Rivière
Corneilla-la-Rivière (; ca, Cornellà de la Ribera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Corneilla-la-Rivière is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baixas
Baixas (; ca, Baixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Baixas is located in the canton of Le Ribéral The Canton of Le Ribéral is a French canton of Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Occitanie. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was created including 5 communes from the canton of Saint-Estève, ... and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors Population Notable people * Andrzej Szpilman (1956-), Polish composer living partly in Baixas. See also * Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department References External linksOfficial site Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cases-de-Pène
Cases-de-Pène (; ca, Cases de Pena) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Politics and administration Mayors Population and society Demography Education The town of Cases-de-Pène has a kindergarten and elementary school, with about 112 children. Following a conflict between the mayor and the teacher in 1908, as she refused to resign, the mayor had a brickwall built in front of the school's entrance to force her to leave. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
The Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is the '' communauté urbaine'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Perpignan. It is located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2016, replacing the previous ''communauté d'agglomération Perpignan Méditerranée''. Its area is 616.7 km2. Its population was 268,445 in 2018, of which 119,188 in Perpignan proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022. Composition Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole consists of the following 36 communes:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estagel
Estagel (; ca, Estagell) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Estagel is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population Notable people * François Arago (1786-1853), scientist and politician. * Jacques Arago Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (6 March 1790 – 27 November 1855) was a French writer, artist and explorer, author of a ''Voyage Round the World''. Biography Jacques was born in Estagel, Pyrénées-Orientales. He was the brother of François Ar ... (1790-1855), writer, artist and explorer. * Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich (1858-1937), military officer and colonial administrator. See also * Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Commune FR Insee Code 66030
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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