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| Pyrénées-Orientales department | |
| Capital | Perpignan |
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| Residents | 476.357 (2018) |
| surface | 4,116 km² |
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Pyrenees-Orientales is a department in the French region Languedoc-Roussillon. The department with the serial number 66 has a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea in the east. In the south, across the main ridge of the Pyrenees, Spain and in the west Andorra. In France, the departments border Ariège in the west and Aude in the North.
Regions
places
- Argelès-sur-Mer
- Ceret
- Collioure
- Perpignan is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
- Prades
- Cerbère, Border station
- Bélesta
Other goals
background
language
The department historically belonged to Catalonia and is still today La Catalogne française called. Although the Catalan language seems almost extinct, there are many efforts to keep it alive. For several years now, much of the official signage has been bilingual.
getting there
mobility
Public bus
The department offers bus services to many places: Links to the timetables (Fiches d'Horaires) and the network (Plan du Reseau). A ticket costs one euro for two hours.
Tourist Attractions
Mont-Louis and Villefranche-de-Conflent with its fortifications, UNESCO World Heritage Site
