The Canton of Vallespir-Albères is a French
canton of
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spain, Spanish ...
department, in
Occitanie. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was created including 8
communes
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
from the
canton of Céret and 5 from the
canton of Argelès-sur-Mer.
[''Legifrance'']
Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales
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Composition
* L'Albère
* Le Boulou
* Céret
Céret (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Comarques of Catalonia, Catalan comarca of Vallespir.
Geography
The town lies in ...
* Les Cluses
* Laroque-des-Albères
Laroque-des-Albères (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France.
It is part of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie region. The town is in the foothills of t ...
* Maureillas-las-Illas
Maureillas-las-Illas (; ) is a rural Communes of France, commune in the Vallespir, Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of France. The commune belongs to the ''Communauté de communes'' of Vallespir uniting Maureillas-las-Illas with nine other commun ...
* Montesquieu-des-Albères
* Le Perthus
Le Perthus (, , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Natives of Le Perthus are called ''Perthusiens'' and, in 2021, there were 560 inhabitants.
Le Perthus is also on ...
* Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population ...
* Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts
* Sorède
* Villelongue-dels-Monts
Villelongue-dels-Monts (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
The inhabitants are called ''Villelonguais''.
Geography
Villelongue-dels-Monts is located in the south of the department of Pyrénées-Orienta ...
* Vivès
References
Aspres
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