Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Communauté urbaine in Occitania, France
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The Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Perpignan. It is located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2016, replacing the previous communauté d'agglomération Perpignan Méditerranée. Its area is 628.6 km2. Its population was 268,445 in 2018, of which 119,188 in Perpignan proper.[1]
Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole | |
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Location within the Pyrénées-Orientales department | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| No. of communes | 37 |
| Established | 2016 |
| Seat | Perpignan |
Area | 628.6 km2 (242.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | 268,445 |
| • Density | 427.1/km2 (1,106/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Composition
Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole consists of the following 36 communes:[2][3]
- Baho
- Baixas
- Le Barcarès
- Bompas
- Cabestany
- Calce
- Canet-en-Roussillon
- Canohès
- Cases-de-Pène
- Cassagnes
- Corneilla-la-Rivière
- Espira-de-l'Agly
- Estagel
- Llupia
- Montner
- Opoul-Périllos
- Perpignan
- Peyrestortes
- Pézilla-la-Rivière
- Pollestres
- Ponteilla
- Rivesaltes
- Sainte-Marie
- Saint-Estève
- Saint-Féliu-d'Avall
- Saint-Hippolyte
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
- Saint-Nazaire
- Saleilles
- Le Soler
- Tautavel
- Torreilles
- Toulouges
- Villelongue-de-la-Salanque
- Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
- Villeneuve-la-Rivière
- Vingrau