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Perpignan seen from the Palace of the Kings of Majorca
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°ECoordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E | |||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Occitanie | ||
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales | ||
| Arrondissement | Perpignan | ||
| Intercommunality | Têt Méditerranée | ||
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| • Mayor (2009–2014) | Jean-Marc Pujol (UMP) (Radical-UMP) | ||
| Area1 | 68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013)2 | 118,238 | ||
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| INSEE/Postal code | 66136 / 66000 | ||
| Elevation | 8–95 m (26–312 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
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| Website |
www.mairie-perpignan.fr (French) www.ajuntament-perpinya.cat (Catalan) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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www.mairie-perpignan.fr (French)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Perpignan (French: [pɛʁ.pi.ɲɑ̃]; Catalan: Perpinyà [pərpiˈɲa]) is a city, a commune, and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south-western France. Perpignan was the capital of the former province and County of Roussillon (Rosselló in Catalan) and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries.
In 2013 Perpignan had 118,238 inhabitants (Perpignanais, Perpinyanés) in the city proper. The metropolitan area had a total population of 305,837 in 2010.
Perpignan is located in the center of the Roussillon plain, 13 km west of the Mediterranean coast.
Map of Perpignan and its surrounding communes
Location within the Pyrénées-Orientales département.
Perpignan is crossed by the largest river in Roussillon, the Têt, and by one of its tributaries, the Basse. Floods often occur, as in 1892 when the rising of the Têt in Perpignan destroyed 39 houses, leaving more than 60 families homeless.
Perpignan experiences a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) similar to much of the Mediterranean coastline of France.
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