The
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 is composed of 226
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 ...
.
Most of the territory (except for the district of
Fenolheda) formed a part of the
Principality of Catalonia
The Principality of Catalonia (; ; ; ) was a Middle Ages, medieval and early modern state (polity), state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. During most of its history it was in dynastic union with the Kingdom of Aragon, constituting together ...
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 2025):
[Périmètre des groupements en 2025]
BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025.
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Communauté urbaine
(; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes).
The first communautés urba ...
Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
The Perpinyà Metròpolis Mediterrani is the ''communauté urbaine'', an Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunal structure, centred on the Communes of France, city of Perpinyà . It is located in the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of F ...
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Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes
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Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris
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Communauté de communes des Aspres
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Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó
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Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée (partly)
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Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir
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Communauté de communes Pyrénées Catalanes
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Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne
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Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent
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Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon
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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.
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Amélie-les-Bains →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has b ...
(1942)
*
Angoustrine →
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arr ...
(1973)
*
Anills →
Ponteilla
Ponteilla (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Ponteilla is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Population
Sites of interest
* Jardin exoti ...
(< 1800)
*
Argelès →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
*
Arles-les-Bains →
Amélie-les-Bains (1840) →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has b ...
(1942)
*
Ayguatébia →
Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
*
Aytua →
Escaro (1822)
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Bajande →
Estavar (1822)
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Belloc →
Villefranche (< 1800) →
Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
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Belpuig →
Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
*
Bessegarde →
L'Écluse (< 1800) →
Les Cluses (1984)
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Boiça →
Alénya (< 1800)
* Cabanes →
Saint-Génis (< 1800) →
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 ...
(1968)
*
Caldegas →
Bourg-Madame
Bourg-Madame (; ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Bourg-Madame is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. It lies right on the ...
(1973)
*
Canet →
Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire (1972) →
Canet-en-Roussillon (1983)
*
Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire →
Canet-en-Roussillon and
Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany.
The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...
(1983)
*
Caudiès →
Caudiès-de-Conflent (1983)
*
Caudiès →
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (1898)
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Château-Roussillon →
Perpignan
Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...
(< 1800)
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Comes
''Comes'' (plural ''comites''), translated as count, was a Roman title, generally linked to a comitatus or comital office.
The word ''comes'' originally meant "companion" or "follower", deriving from "''com-''" ("with") and "''ire''" ("go"). Th ...
→
Eus (1828)
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Corneilla →
Corneilla-de-Conflent (1933)
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Cortals →
La Llagonne (1822)
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L'Écluse →
Les Cluses (1984)
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En →
Nyer
Nyer (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France.
Geography
Nyer is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. Nyer station ...
(1822)
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Espira →
Espira-de-Conflent (1933)
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Évol → Olette (1827)
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Fetges →
Sauto (< 1800)
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Flassa →
Jujols (< 1800)
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Fontanils →
Arles-sur-Tech (1823)
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Garrieux →
Salses (< 1800)
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Garrius →
Salses (< 1800)
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Hix →
Bourg-Madame
Bourg-Madame (; ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Bourg-Madame is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. It lies right on the ...
(1815)
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Les Horts →
Serdinya (1822)
* Las Illas →
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 ...
(1972)
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Ille
The Ille (; ) is a small river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the river Vilaine. It is long. It flows into the Vilaine in the city Rennes.
The Ille is linked to the semi-tidal Rance river by the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance. By this canal, ...
→
Ille-sur-Têt (1953)
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Laroque →
Laroque-des-Albères (1953)
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Lavaill →
Sorède (1822)
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Levilar →
Villelongue-dels-Monts (1803)
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Llar →
Canaveilles (1821)
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Marcevol →
Arboussols (1822)
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Marians →
Souanyas (1822)
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Maureillas →
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 ...
(1972)
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Molitg →
Molitg-les-Bains (1970)
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Montalba →
Montalba-d'Amélie (1933) →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has b ...
(1963)
*
Montalba →
Montalba-le-Château (1933)
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Montalba-d'Amélie →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has b ...
(1963)
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Montesquieu
Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (18 January 168910 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher.
He is the principal so ...
→
Montesquieu-des-Albères (1992)
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Nidolère →
Tresserre (< 1800)
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Nyls →
Ponteilla
Ponteilla (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Ponteilla is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Population
Sites of interest
* Jardin exoti ...
(< 1800)
*
Odeillo →
Odeillo-Via (1900) →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (; ), or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France. It comprises the villages of Odeillo and Via, as well as Font-Romeu, one of the oldest ski reso ...
(1957)
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Odeillo-Via →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (; ), or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France. It comprises the villages of Odeillo and Via, as well as Font-Romeu, one of the oldest ski reso ...
(1957)
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Opoul →
Opoul-Périllos (1972)
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Palalda →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has b ...
(1942)
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Palau
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands ...
→
Palau-de-Cerdagne (1936)
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Palol →
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 ...
(1823)
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Passa-Llauro-Tordères →
Llauro,
Passa and
Tordères (1989)
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La Pave →
Argelès (< 1800) →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
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La Perche →
La Cabanasse
La Cabanasse (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
La Cabanasse is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondis ...
(< 1800)
*
Perillos →
Opoul-Périllos (1972)
*
Pézilla →
Pézilla-de-Conflent (1933)
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Porté →
Porté-Puymorens (1954)
* Prats →
Prats-de-Sournia (1933)
* Prats →
Prats-Saint-Thomas (< 1800) →
Fontpédrouse (1822)
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Prats-de-Mollo →
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name ''Prats-de-Mollo'' com ...
(1956)
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Prats-Saint-Thomas →
Fontpédrouse (1822)
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Prunet →
Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
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Ria →
Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973)
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Ria-Sirach-Urbanya →
Ria-Sirach and
Urbanya (1983)
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Riunogues →
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 ...
(1972)
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Ro →
Saillagouse (1822)
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Rohet →
Llo (< 1800)
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Sahorle →
Vinça (< 1800)
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Saillagouse-Llo →
Llo and
Saillagouse (1984)
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Saint-Génis →
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 ...
(1968)
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Saint-Martin →
Maureillas (1823) →
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 ...
(1972)
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Saint-Paul →
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (1953)
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Saint-Thomas →
Prats-Saint-Thomas (< 1800) →
Fontpédrouse (1822)
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Salses →
Salses-le-Château
Salses-le-Château (; ; ) or just Salses is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan.
Geography
Salses-le-Château is located i ...
(1986)
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Selva
Selva may refer to:
People
*Selva (surname)
*Selva (name)
*Selva (actor), Indian actor
*Selva (director), Indian director
Places
*Selva (comarca), a coastal comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain
*Selva, Mallorca (pop. 3,055), a municipality on Mal ...
→ Las Illas (1823) →
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 ...
(1972)
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Serrabonne →
Boule-d'Amont (1822)
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Sirach
The Book of Sirach (), also known as The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, The Wisdom of Jesus son of Eleazar, or Ecclesiasticus (), is a Jewish literary work originally written in Biblical Hebrew. The longest extant wisdom book from antiqui ...
→
Ria (1822) →
Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973) →
Ria-Sirach (1983)
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Talau →
Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
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Taxo-d'Amont →
Saint-André (< 1800)
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Taxo-d'Avall →
Argelès (< 1800) →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
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Thuès-Dellar →
Thuès-Entre-Valls (1822)
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Touren →
Sahorre (1822)
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Vedrinyans →
Saillagouse (1822)
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Vernet →
Vernet-les-Bains (1953)
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Via →
Odeillo (1822)→
Odeillo-Via (1900) →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (; ), or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France. It comprises the villages of Odeillo and Via, as well as Font-Romeu, one of the oldest ski reso ...
(1957)
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Villefranche →
Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
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Villeneuve-des-Escaldes →
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arr ...
(1973)
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Villerach →
Clara (1822)
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Villeroge →
Coustouges (< 1800)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Communes of the Pyrenees-Orientales department
Pyrenees-Orientales