Perpignan

View of Perpignan's town center, 29 July 2008

Perpignan is a town in the south of France. As of 1999, about 106,000 people lived there. It is in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department.

History

Historians think that Perpignan was founded around the beginning of the 10th century (first mentioned in a document as villa Perpiniarum in 927). Soon, Perpignan became the capital of Roussillon.

Twinned and partner towns

Twinned towns

• • Hanover, Germany, from 1960
  • Lancaster, United Kingdom, from 1962
  • Lake Charles, United States, from 1991
  • Sarasota, United States, from 1994
  • Tyre, Lebanon, from 1997

Partner towns

• • Girona, Spain, from 1988
  • Barcelona, Spain, from 1994
  • Figueres, Spain, from 1996
  • Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel, from 1998
  • Tavira, Portugal, from 2001