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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):BANATIC
Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020.
* Communauté urbaine Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole * Communauté de communes Agly Fenouillèdes * Communauté de communes des Albères, de la Côte Vermeille et de l'Illibéris * Communauté de communes des Aspres * Communauté de communes Conflent-Canigó * Communauté de communes Corbières Salanque Méditerranée (partly) * Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir * Communauté de communes Pyrénées Catalanes * Communauté de communes Pyrénées Cerdagne * Communauté de communes Roussillon-Conflent * Communauté de communes Sud-Roussillon * 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 Tomàs) 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 Tomàs) 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 Tomàs) 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)


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