Arrondissement of Perpignan

The arrondissement of Perpignan is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrénées-Orientales "département". Its capital is the city of Perpignan.
History.
When the Pyrénées-Orientales department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Perpignan was part of that original department.
Geography.
The arrondissement of Perpignan is in the northeast of the department; it is the second in area, after Prades, of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but it is the first in population with 349,959 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Aude department, to the east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Céret "arrondissement" and to the west by the Prades "arrondissement".
Composition.
Cantons.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Perpignan, there are 10 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement"; others have "communes" in other "arrondissements". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Perpignan has 86 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: