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Also known as Eastern Pyrenees, Pyrénées Orientales, P.-O., Pays Catalan

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 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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The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics 1790 establishments in France, Commons link from Wikidata and Departments of Occitania (administrative region).

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Settlement.name
Pyrénées-Orientales
Settlement.native_name_lang
fr
Settlement.type
Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline
Perpignan - Préfecture 3.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Prefecture building of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in Perpignan
Settlement.image_flag
Flag_of_the_Department_of_Pyrénées-Orientales.svg
Settlement.flag_link
Senyera
Settlement.image_shield
Blason département fr Pyrénées-Orientales.svg
Settlement.image_map
Pyrénées-Orientales-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Pyrénées-Orientales in France
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
France
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Occitania
Settlement.established_date
9 February 1790
Settlement.seat_type
Prefecture
Settlement.seat
Perpignan
Settlement.parts_type
Subprefectures

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Pyrénées-Orientales
Population
496855
Area
4116
Official website
www.ledepartement66.fr
Image
Pyrénées-Orientales department relief location map.jpg
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Commons category
Pyrénées-Orientales
inception
1790-03-04
Commons gallery
Pyrénées-Orientales
native label
Pyrénées-Orientales
annual number of weddings
1538
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Principal towns
  • Economy
  • Demographics
  • Administration
  • Politics
  • Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Orientales
  • Members of the National Assembly
  • Renaming
  • Cuisine
  • Culture
  • See also
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • External links

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==

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