Perpignan (French: Perpignan [pɛʁpiɲɑ̃]; Catalan Perpinyà [pəɾpiˈɲa]) is a commune and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Perpignan was the capital of the former province and county of Roussillon (Rosselló in Catalan) and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca back in the 13th and 14th centuries.As of 2007[update], Perpignan had 118,221 inhabitants (Perpignanais, Perpinyanés) in the city proper. The metropolitan area has a total population of 300,000 in 2010.

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