Pyrénées-Orientales
French department in the region of Occitania
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Summary
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of France[1]. Pyrénées-Orientales draws 4,098 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #18 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Occitania[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Hermeline Malherbe-Laurent[5]
- Capital: Perpignan[6]
- Shares border with: Ariège[7], Aude[8], Province of Lleida[9], Province of Girona[10]
- Named after: Pyrenees[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Céret[12], arrondissement of Perpignan[13], arrondissement of Prades[14], Vallespir[15], French Cerdagne[16], Conflent[17]
- Flag: Vlag van Pyrénées-Orientales[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Wakayama Prefecture[19]
- Part of: Catalan countries[20]
- Commons category: Pyrénées-Orientales[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[24]
- Highest point: Carlit[25]
- Official website: https://www.ledepartement66.fr/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pyrénées-Orientales[27]
- Commons gallery: Pyrénées-Orientales[28]
- Population: 452,530[29], 471,038[30], 474,452[31], 476,357[32], 479,979[33], 482,765[34], 487,307[35], 492,964[36], 496,855[37]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Pyrénées-Orientales[38]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[39]
- Official name: Pyrénées-Orientales[40]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques des Pyrénées-Orientales[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pyrénées-Orientales[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pyrénées-Orientales[43]
- Native label: Pyrénées-Orientales[44]
Why It Matters
Pyrénées-Orientales has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Pyrénées-Orientales is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]