Perpignan

Perpignan (Catalan Perpinyà) is a commune and the préfecture (administrative capital city) of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France, and was the capital of the former province of Roussillon (French Catalonia). Population (1999): 105,115 (163,000 including the suburbs).

History

Founded around the year 900, Perpignan was the capital of the counts of Roussillon until 1172 and later was the capital of the Catalan kingdom of Majorca, from 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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900 - Counts of Roussillon - 1172 - Catalan - Majorca - 1276 - 1344 - Philip III of France - 1285 - Aragon

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

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1642 - Spain - Treaty of the Pyrenees

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