Pyrénées-Orientales

French depairtment in the region o Occitanie

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.

Pyrénées-Orientales
Prefectur biggin o the Pyrénées-Orientales depairtment, in Perpignan
Prefectur biggin o the Pyrénées-Orientales depairtment, in Perpignan
Coat of airms o Pyrénées-Orientales
Coat airms
Location o Pyrénées-Orientales in Fraunce
Location o Pyrénées-Orientales in Fraunce
Coordinates: 42°30′N 2°45′E / 42.500°N 2.750°E / 42.500; 2.750Coordinates: 42°30′N 2°45′E / 42.500°N 2.750°E / 42.500; 2.750
KintraFraunce
RegionLanguedoc-Roussillon
PrefecturPerpignan
SubprefectursCéret
Prades
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilHermeline Malherbe-Laurent
Area
 • Total4116 km2 (1,589 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total437,157
 • Rank57t
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 Minority leids: Catalan an Occitan
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department nummer66
Arrondissements3
Cantons17
Communes226
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2