Caixas (; ca, Queixàs) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...
department
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Government and military
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in southern
France
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.
Geography
Localisation
Caixas is located in the
canton of Les Aspres The Canton of Les Aspres 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 17 communes from the canton of Thuir, 4 from ...
and in the
arrondissement of Perpignan
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Europe
France
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.
Government and politics
Mayors
Population
See also
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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 si ...
Caixas web site
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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