Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole

The Communauté urbaine 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 population was 268,517 in 2014, of which 122,414 in Perpignan proper.[1]

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Communauté urbaine
Location within the Pyrénées-Orientales department
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
No. of communes36
Established2016
SeatPerpignan
Area
 • Total655.84 km2 (253.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total268,517
 • Density409/km2 (1,060/sq mi)
Websitewww.perpignanmediterraneemetropole.fr

Composition

Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole consists of the following 36 communes:[1][2]

  1. Baho
  2. Baixas
  3. Le Barcarès
  4. Bompas
  5. Cabestany
  6. Calce
  7. Canet-en-Roussillon
  8. Canohès
  9. Cases-de-Pène
  10. Cassagnes
  11. Espira-de-l'Agly
  12. Estagel
  13. Llupia
  14. Montner
  15. Opoul-Périllos
  16. Perpignan
  17. Peyrestortes
  18. Pézilla-la-Rivière
  19. Pollestres
  20. Ponteilla
  21. Rivesaltes
  22. Sainte-Marie
  23. Saint-Estève
  24. Saint-Féliu-d'Avall
  25. Saint-Hippolyte
  26. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
  27. Saint-Nazaire
  28. Saleilles
  29. Le Soler
  30. Tautavel
  31. Torreilles
  32. Toulouges
  33. Villelongue-de-la-Salanque
  34. Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
  35. Villeneuve-la-Rivière
  36. Vingrau

References
  1. BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  2. INSEE

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