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about Perpignan

Perpignan (Catalan Perpinyà) is the préfecture (administrative capital city) of the département of Pyrenées-Orientales in southern France, and was the capital of the former province of Roussillon (French Catalonia). It has 105,000 inhabitants (163,000 if its suburbs are included).

Perpignan sights

The cathedral of St Jean was begun in 1324 and finished in 1509.

The 13th century castle of the kings of Majorca sits on the high citadel, surrounded by ramparts, reinforced for Louis XI and Charles V, which were updated in the 17th century by Louis XIV's military engineer Vauban.

Captured by the French in September 1642, Perpignan was formally ceded by Spain 17 years later in the Treaty of the Pyrenées.

Perpignan history

Founded around the year 900, Perpignan was the capital of the counts of Rousillon until 1172 and later was the capital of the Catalan kingdom of Majorca, 1276 to 1344. King Philip III of France died there in 1285, as he was returning from the unsuccessful crusade against the Aragonese Crown.

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