Pyrénées-Orientales (French pronunciation: [piʁene(z)ɔʁjɑ̃tal]; Catalan: Pirineus Orientals; Occitan: Pirenèus Orientals, [piɾeˈnɛwz uɾjenˈtals]; Scots: Eastren Pyrenees) are a depairtment o soothren Fraunce adjacent tae the northren Spaingie frontier an the Mediterranean Sea.
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Pyrénées-Orientales |
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 Prefectur biggin o the Pyrénées-Orientales depairtment, in Perpignan |
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 Location o Pyrénées-Orientales in Fraunce |
| Coordinates: 42°30′N 2°45′E |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
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| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
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| Prefectur | Perpignan |
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| Subprefecturs | Céret
Prades |
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| Govrenment |
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| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent |
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| Area |
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| • Total | 4116 km2 (1,589 sq mi) |
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| Population (2007) |
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| • Total | 437,157 |
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| • Rank | 57t |
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| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
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| | Minority leids: Catalan an Occitan |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Department nummer | 66 |
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| Arrondissements | 3 |
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| Cantons | 17 |
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| Communes | 226 |
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| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |
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