Arrondissement of Prades

The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrénées-Orientales "département". Its capital is the city of Prades. It is the only arrondissement of the department without access to the Mediterranean Sea.
History.
When the Pyrénées-Orientales department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Prades was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement of Prades" is in the southwest of the department and is the largest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but it is the third in population, with 43,176 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Aude department, to the east by the "arrondissements" of Perpignan and Céret, to the south by Spain, to the southwest by Andorra and to the northwest by the Ariège department.
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 Prades, only the Les Pyrénées catalanes canton has its 62 "communes" in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Prades has 100 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: