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
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
is still spoken (in addition to
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
) 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 2020):
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Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
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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.
*
Amélie-les-Bains →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
*
Angoustrine →
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (1973)
*
Anills →
Ponteilla (< 1800)
*
Argelès →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
*
Arles-les-Bains →
Amélie-les-Bains (1840) →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
*
Ayguatébia →
Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
*
Aytua →
Escaro (1822)
*
Bajande →
Estavar (1822)
*
Belloc →
Villefranche (< 1800) →
Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
*
Belpuig →
Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
*
Bessegarde →
L'Écluse (< 1800) →
Les Cluses (1984)
*
Boiça →
Alénya (< 1800)
* Cabanes →
Saint-Génis (< 1800) →
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (1968)
*
Caldegas →
Bourg-Madame (1973)
*
Canet Canet or Cannet may refer to:
Places:
Several ''communes'' in France:
* Canet, Aude, in the Aude ''département''
* Canet, Hérault, in the Hérault ''département''
* Canet-de-Salars, in the Aveyron ''département''
* Canet-en-Roussillon, in the ...
→
Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire (1972) →
Canet-en-Roussillon (1983)
*
Canet-en-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire →
Canet-en-Roussillon and
Saint-Nazaire (1983)
*
Caudiès →
Caudiès-de-Conflent (1983)
*
Caudiès →
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (1898)
*
Château-Roussillon →
Perpignan (< 1800)
*
Comes →
Eus
Eus ( in both French and Catalan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localization
Eus is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
Population
...
(1828)
*
Corneilla →
Corneilla-de-Conflent (1933)
*
Cortals →
La Llagonne (1822)
*
L'Écluse →
Les Cluses (1984)
*
En →
Nyer (1822)
*
Espira →
Espira-de-Conflent
Espira-de-Conflent (; ca, Espirà de Conflent) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Espira-de-Conflent is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.
...
(1933)
*
Évol → Olette (1827)
*
Fetges →
Sauto (< 1800)
*
Flassa →
Jujols (< 1800)
*
Fontanils →
Arles-sur-Tech
Arles-sur-Tech (, literally ''Arles on Tech''; ca, Arles de Tec) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Location
Arles-sur-Tech is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement o ...
(1823)
*
Garrieux →
Salses (< 1800)
*
Garrius →
Salses (< 1800)
*
Hix →
Bourg-Madame (1815)
*
Les Horts →
Serdinya (1822)
* Las Illas →
Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
*
Ille →
Ille-sur-Têt (1953)
*
Laroque →
Laroque-des-Albères
Laroque-des-Albères (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is part of the Occitanie region. The town is in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains.
Geography Localisation
Laroque-des-Albères i ...
(1953)
*
Lavaill →
Sorède (1822)
*
Levilar →
Villelongue-dels-Monts (1803)
*
Llar →
Canaveilles (1821)
*
Marcevol →
Arboussols (1822)
*
Marians →
Souanyas (1822)
*
Maureillas →
Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
*
Molitg →
Molitg-les-Bains
Molitg-les-Bains ( ca, Molig) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department ( ...
(1970)
*
Montalba →
Montalba-d'Amélie (1933) →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1963)
*
Montalba →
Montalba-le-Château (1933)
*
Montalba-d'Amélie →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1963)
*
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 principa ...
→
Montesquieu-des-Albères (1992)
*
Nidolère →
Tresserre (< 1800)
*
Nyls
Nyls (born September 23, 1982) is a French singer and composer of Italian origin. ''Nyls'' is a pseudonym; his real name is unknown.
Life and career
Nyls grew up in Grenoble, France and in Lama dei Peligni, Italy.
His musical career began in ...
→
Ponteilla (< 1800)
*
Odeillo →
Odeillo-Via (1900) →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
*
Odeillo-Via →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
*
Opoul →
Opoul-Périllos (1972)
*
Palalda →
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (1942)
*
Palau →
Palau-de-Cerdagne (1936)
*
Palol →
Céret (1823)
*
Passa-Llauro-Tordères →
Llauro,
Passa and
Tordères (1989)
*
La Pave →
Argelès (< 1800) →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
*
La Perche
La Perche () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography
A farming area comprising a village and a few hamlets situated on the western bank of the river Cher, some south of Bourges, at the junc ...
→
La Cabanasse (< 1800)
*
Perillos →
Opoul-Périllos (1972)
*
Pézilla →
Pézilla-de-Conflent (1933)
*
Porté →
Porté-Puymorens (1954)
* Prats →
Prats-de-Sournia (1933)
* Prats →
Prats-Saint-Thomas
Prats-Saint-Thomas ( ca, Prats i Sant Tomà s) is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales (France).
Geography
Location
Prats-Saint-Thomas is located west of Fontpédrouse
Fontpédrouse (; ca, Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées- ...
(< 1800) →
Fontpédrouse (1822)
*
Prats-de-Mollo
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. The name ''Prats-de-Mollo'' comes from Catalan "meadows of Molló". Moll� ...
→
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (1956)
*
Prats-Saint-Thomas
Prats-Saint-Thomas ( ca, Prats i Sant Tomà s) is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales (France).
Geography
Location
Prats-Saint-Thomas is located west of Fontpédrouse
Fontpédrouse (; ca, Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées- ...
→
Fontpédrouse (1822)
*
Prunet →
Prunet-et-Belpuig (< 1800)
*
Ria →
Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973)
*
Ria-Sirach-Urbanya →
Ria-Sirach and
Urbanya (1983)
*
Riunogues →
Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
*
Ro →
Saillagouse (1822)
*
Rohet →
Llo (< 1800)
*
Sahorle →
Vinça
Vinça (; ca, Vinçà ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Vinça is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.
Population
Transport
The N116 road passes ...
(< 1800)
*
Saillagouse-Llo →
Llo and
Saillagouse (1984)
*
Saint-Génis →
Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (1968)
*
Saint-Martin →
Maureillas (1823) →
Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
*
Saint-Paul →
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (1953)
*
Saint-Thomas →
Prats-Saint-Thomas
Prats-Saint-Thomas ( ca, Prats i Sant Tomà s) is a former commune in Pyrénées-Orientales (France).
Geography
Location
Prats-Saint-Thomas is located west of Fontpédrouse
Fontpédrouse (; ca, Fontpedrosa) is a commune in the Pyrénées- ...
(< 1800) →
Fontpédrouse (1822)
*
Salses →
Salses-le-Château (1986)
*
Selva → Las Illas (1823) →
Maureillas-las-Illas (1972)
*
Serrabonne →
Boule-d'Amont (1822)
*
Sirach →
Ria (1822) →
Ria-Sirach-Urbanya (1973) →
Ria-Sirach (1983)
*
Talau
Talo or Talau () is a typical food of the Basque Country, similar to the traditional corn tortilla of Mesoamerica, made of corn flour, water and a bit of salt. It is round and is cooked in a warm metal plank, named a ''talo burni'' ("talo iron") ...
→
Ayguatébia-Talau (1983)
*
Taxo-d'Amont →
Saint-André (< 1800)
*
Taxo-d'Avall →
Argelès (< 1800) →
Argelès-sur-Mer (1840)
*
Thuès-Dellar →
Thuès-Entre-Valls (1822)
*
Touren →
Sahorre (1822)
*
Vedrinyans →
Saillagouse (1822)
*
Vernet Vernet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Painters
*Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet
* Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
* Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (1758–1835), a ...
→
Vernet-les-Bains (1953)
*
Via →
Odeillo (1822)→
Odeillo-Via (1900) →
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (1957)
*
Villefranche →
Villefranche-de-Conflent (1893)
*
Villeneuve-des-Escaldes →
Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (1973)
*
Villerach →
Clara (1822)
*
Villeroge →
Coustouges
Coustouges (; ca, Costoja) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Inhabitants are called Coustougiens (male) or Coustougiennes (female).
Geography Localisation
Coustouges is located in the canton of Le Ca ...
(< 1800)
References
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