Pia (; ca, Pià) is a

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in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern

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Geography

Pia is located in the

canton of La Côte Salanquaise The Canton of La Côte Salanquaise (french: canton de la Côte Salanquaise, link=no, ; ca, cantó de la Costa Salanquesa, link=no) is a French canton of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania. At the French canton reorganisation which c ...

and in the

arrondissement of Perpignan An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'', ...

Population

Sport

Baroudeurs de Pia XIII are a semi-professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

club based in the town, who compete in the

Elite One Championship Elite 1 is the top level rugby league competition in France, sanctioned by the French Rugby League Federation. The season runs from September to April, which is in contrast to the majority of other major domestic rugby league competitions wor ...

References

External links

Official Website of the Town of Pia
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub

Geography

Population

Sport

See also

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