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Perpignan

Perpignan seen frae the Palace o the Keengs o Majorca
Perpignan seen frae the Palace o the Keengs o Majorca
Coat of airms o Perpignan
Coat airms
Perpignan is located in Fraunce
Perpignan
Perpignan
Location within Occitanie region
Perpignan is located in Occitanie
Perpignan
Perpignan
Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E / 42.6986; 2.8956Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E / 42.6986; 2.8956
KintraFraunce
RegionOccitanie
DepairtmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
IntercommunalityTêt Méditerranée
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2020–) Louis Aliot (RN)
Area
1
68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)2
118,238
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66136 /66000
Elevation8–95 m (26–312 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
Websitewww.mairie-perpignan.fr (in French) www.ajuntament-perpinya.cat (in Catalan)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Perpignan (French pronunciation: ​[pɛʁpiɲɑ̃]; Catalan: Perpinyà, [pərpiˈɲa]; Occitan: Perpinhan, [peɾpiˈɲa]) is a ceety, a commune an the caipital o the Pyrénées-Orientales depairtment in Occitanie, Fraunce.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns – sister ceeties

Perpignan is twinned wi:

References

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  1. ↑ "Hanover – Twin Towns" (in German). 2007–2009 HANNOVER.de – Offizielles Portal der Landeshauptstadt und der Region Hannover in Zusammenarbeit mit hier.de. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sarasota Sister Cities Association, Sarasota Florida". Sarasotasistercities.org. Archived frae the original on 29 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.