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Perpignan
Perpinyà | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
 Aerial view of Perpignan | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Perpignan  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3, Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6 |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020-) | Louis Aliot (RN) |
| Area 1 | 68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 120,605 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Perpignanais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66136 /66000 |
| Elevation | 8–95 m (26–312 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
| Website | www.mairie-perpignan.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà) is a city in the south of France. It is also a commune and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Perpignan was the capital of the old province and county of Roussillon (Rosselló in Catalan) and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Perpignan was named, from 2001, as a City of Art and History (French: Ville d'Art et d'Histoire) by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.[1][2]
- ↑ "Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire" (in French). Direction Génerale des Patrimonies. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ↑ "History of Perpignan". Perpignan - Office de Tourisme. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.