Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
The department of Pyrénées-Orientales is located in the Occitanie region of France. It is divided into three arrondissements with 226 communes (as of 1 January 2017).
See also: List of cantons in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales
Communes by department in France
Ain | Aisne | Allier | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Hautes-Alpes | Alpes-Maritimes | Ardèche | Ardennes | Ariège | Aube | Aude | Aveyron | Bouches-du-Rhône | Calvados | Cantal | Charente | Charente-Maritime | Cher | Corrèze | Corse-du-Sud | Haute-Corse | Côte-d'Or | Côtes-d'Armor | Creuse | Dordogne | Doubs | Drôme | Eure | Eure-et-Loir | Finistère | Gard | Haute-Garonne | Gers | Gironde | Hérault | Ille-et-Vilaine | Indre | Indre-et-Loire | Isère | Jura | Landes | Loir-et-Cher | Loire | Haute-Loire | Loire-Atlantique | Loiret | Lot | Lot-et-Garonne | Lozère | Maine-et-Loire | Manche | Marne | Haute-Marne | Mayenne | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Meuse | Morbihan | Moselle | Nièvre | Nord | Oise | Orne | Pas-de-Calais | Puy-de-Dôme | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Hautes-Pyrénées | Pyrénées-Orientales | Bas-Rhin | Haut-Rhin | Rhône | Métropole de Lyon | Haute-Saône | Saône-et-Loire | Sarthe | Savoie | Haute-Savoie | Paris | Seine-Maritime | Seine-et-Marne | Yvelines | Deux-Sèvres | Somme | Tarn | Tarn-et-Garonne | Var | Vaucluse | Vendée | Vienne | Haute-Vienne | Vosges | Yonne | Territoire de Belfort | Essonne | Hauts-de-Seine | Seine-Saint-Denis | Val-de-Marne | Val-d'OiseGuadeloupe |
Martinique | French Guiana | Réunion | Mayotte | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | French Polynesia | New Caledonia
Location of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales
Questions and Answers
Q: What is the Pyrénées-Orientales?
A: The Pyrénées-Orientales is a département in France composed of 226 communes.
Q: When did most of the territory become part of the Principality of Catalonia?
A: Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) became part of the Principality of Catalonia in 1659.
Q: What languages are spoken by a significant minority in this area?
A: Catalan and French are both spoken by a significant minority in this area.
Q: Where do Catalan names for communes come from?
A: The Catalan names for communes come from the Enciclopèdia catalana.
Q: What do these names indicate about language status?
A: These names do not indicate current or former linguistic status of the commune.
