Caixas (; ca, Queixàs) is a
commune 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 ...
department 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 th ...
and in the
arrondissement of Perpignan
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Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...
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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 ...
Caixas web site
References
Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
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