Perpignan in Occitania
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Perpignan (
Catalan : Perpinyà;
Occitan : Perpinhan) is the
prefecture of the
Pyrénées-Orientales department in
Southern France , in the heart of the plain of
Roussillon , at the foot of the
Pyrenees a few kilometres from the
Mediterranean Sea and the
scrublands of the
Corbières massif . It is the centre of the
Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole metropolitan area.
In 2021, Perpignan had a population of 119,656 in the commune proper, and the agglomeration had a total population of 205,183, making it the last major French city before the Spanish border. Perpignan is sometimes seen as the “entrance” to the Iberian Peninsula .
Quai Sébastien Vauban © panoramio.com - Jorge Franganillo/cc-by-3.0
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. It has preserved an extensive old centre with its
bodegas in the historic centre, coloured houses in a series of picturesque streets and alleys stretching between the banks of the
Têt and its tributary, the Basse.
The city is also known for its International Festival of Photojournalism, the medieval Trobades festival and its centuries-old
garnet industry.
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