Perpignan

Perpignan
Perpignan; Perpignan (French); Perpinyà (Catalan);
	Perpignan seen frae the Palace o the Keengs o Majorca
	Banner o Perpignan Banner Coat airms
	Perpignan Location within Occitanie region Perpignan
	Coordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°ECoordinates: 42°41′55″N 2°53′44″E / 42.6986°N 2.8956°E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Occitanie
Depairtment	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Intercommunality	Têt Méditerranée
Govrenment
• Mayor (2020–)	Louis Aliot (RN)
Area 1	68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	118,238
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66136 /66000
Elevation	8–95 m (26–312 ft) ; (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
Website	www.mairie-perpignan.fr (in French) www.ajuntament-perpinya.cat (in Catalan)
	1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Perpignan (French pronunciation: [pɛʁpiɲɑ̃]; Catalan: Perpinyà, [pərpiˈɲa]; Occitan: Perpinhan, [peɾpiˈɲa]) is a ceety, a commune an the caipital o the Pyrénées-Orientales depairtment in Occitanie, Fraunce.

Perpignan is twinned wi:

Hanover, Germany, syne 1960^[1] Lancaster, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1962^[2] Lake Charles, Unitit States, since 1993	Sarasota, Unitit States, frae 1994^[3] Tyre, Lebanon, syne 1997 Lleida, Catalonie, Spain syne 2005

References

↑ "Hanover – Twin Towns" (in German). 2007–2009 HANNOVER.de – Offizielles Portal der Landeshauptstadt und der Region Hannover in Zusammenarbeit mit hier.de. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2011. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)
↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
↑ "Sarasota Sister Cities Association, Sarasota Florida". Sarasotasistercities.org. Archived frae the original on 29 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.