Pyrénées-Orientales
Sign in to savePyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the departments of Ariège to the northwest and Aude to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the Spanish province of Girona in Catalonia to the south and the country of Andorra to the west. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish exclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain. In 2023, it had a population of 496,855. Some parts of the Pyrénées-Orientales (like the Cerda
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Pyrénées-Orientales is a department in southern France that sits along the Spanish border and Mediterranean coast, serving as the French part of the Catalonia region. With nearly 500,000 residents, it holds geographic and cultural significance as a crossroads between France, Spain, and the Mediterranean, while also having the unique distinction of surrounding a Spanish exclave.
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- Department of France
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- Prefecture building of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Perpignan
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- Location of Pyrénées-Orientales in France
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- History
- Geography
- Principal towns
- Economy
- Demographics
- Administration
- Politics
- Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Orientales
- Members of the National Assembly
- Renaming
- Cuisine
- Culture
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- Bibliography
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Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the departments of Ariège to the northwest and Aude to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the Spanish province of Girona in Catalonia to the south and the country of Andorra to the west. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish exclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain. In 2023, it had a population of 496,855. Some parts of the Pyrénées-Orientales (like the Cerdagne) are part of the Iberian Peninsula. It is named after the Pyrenees mountain range. Historically, most of the department corresponds with the northern part of the medieval and early modern Principality of Catalonia.
==History==