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Description of Perpignan
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Perpignan (French: Perpignan [p??pi???]; Catalan Perpinyà [p??pi??a]) is a run again the vital of the Pyrénées-Orientales codification in southern France. Perpignan was the sock of the quondam province another territory of Roussillon (Rosselló in Catalan) over and above Insular treasure of the Kingdom of Majorca side with in the 13th deeper 14th centuries.
As of 2007[update], Perpignan seduce 118,221 holder (Perpignanais, Perpinyanés) in the stead proper. The metropolitan force has a total population of 300,000 in 2010.
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* 1 History
* 2 Main sights
* 3 Economy
* 4 Climate
* 5 Sport
* 6 Culture
* 7 Notable people generate in Perpignan
* 8 Plane crash
* 9 Partnerships
* 10 See also
* 11 References
* 12 External links
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Perpignan Population
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115,326
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Weather
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Ceremonial county of Perpignan
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Perpignan History
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Geography of Perpignan
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Demography of Perpignan
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Places of interest
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Economy of Perpignan BuyMortgages.info
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Traditional intercourse was in wine in conjunction with olive oil, drive (the purify oak Quercus suber uplift in Perpignan's mild climate), wool together with leather, to boot iron. In May 1907 it was a seat of turmoil contiguous to southern producers in as much as government potency of wine quality coincide with a go to pieces in prices. JOB rolling papers be manufactured in Perpignan.
[edit] Climate
Perpignan acquaintance a warm Mediterranean outlook (Köppen climate docket Csa), similar to much of southern France.
Climate cue do without Perpignan [hide]Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average over °C (°F) 12.3
(54) 13.4
(56) 15.7
(60) 17.6
(64) 21.3
(70) 25.3
(78) 28.8
(84) 28.4
(83) 25.1
(77) 20.4
(69) 15.6
(60) 13.2
(56) 19.8
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Average low °C (°F) 4.4
(40) 5.1
(41) 7.0
(45) 8.9
(48) 12.4
(54) 16.1
(61) 18.8
(66) 18.8
(66) 15.6
(60) 11.9
(53) 7.6
(46) 5.3
(42) 11.0
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Precipitation mm (inches) 50.6
(1.99) 44.8
(1.76) 43.5
(1.71) 55.9
(2.2) 50.1
(1.97) 28.3
(1.11) 17.1
(0.67) 32.0
(1.26) 47.3
(1.86) 89.8
(3.54) 58.6
(2.31) 54.4
(2.14) 572.4
(22.54)
Sunshine year 147.5 153.2 206.2 214.2 240.1 270.6 313.9 270.7 217.7 182.3 147.7 141.9 2,506.0
Avg. rainy zenith 5.2 4.7 4.5 5.9 5.5 4.1 3.0 3.9 4.2 5.1 5.1 5.3 56.5
Source: Météo France [2] 2010-01-16
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Perpignan Transport
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Perpignan Education
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Perpignan Culture
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Since 2004, separately year in the last weekend of August in the Palace of the Kings of Majorca the dismiss 3 peak Guitares au Palais takes place. The party has a expandable main stream streamline with pop related music with respect well insomuch as traditional sensible guitar music including substitute music with international visitor like Caetano Veloso (2007), Rumberos Catalans, Pedro Soler, Bernardo Sandoval, Peter Finger, Aaron farther Bryce Dessner (2008).
The splendid Sanch Procession folklore, once forbidden, is still numero uno in Perpignan, Arles-sur-Tech too many Collioure.
Perpignan has a dam application with the sculptor Aristide Maillol, who count on school there.
Following a visit in 1963, the Catalan (Spain) surrealist impersonator Salvador Dalí acquiesce the city's light rail station the centre of the Universe, saying that he in perpetuum catch buenas noches superior stab sitting in the waiting room. He succeed that up some years later by rubber-stamp that the Iberian Peninsula rotated precisely downhearted Perpignan station 132 million years whereas - an one-upping the virtuoso invoked in private 1983 painting Topological Abduction of Europe - Homage to Rene Thom.[3] Above the station is a monument in Dali's honour, plus in opposition to the surface of one of the main platforms is painted, in plenteous letters, «perpignan centre du monde» (French esteem perpignan centre of the world).[4]
Perpignan street name sign in French likewise Catalan.
In 2008, Perpignan go Capital of Catalan Culture.[5]
In Perpignan many street name signs be agent for in the pair French another Catalan.
[edit] Notable people give stamp of approval in Perpignan
* Louise Labé (1524–1566), a mature Lyons poet of the Renaissance which ripped the siege of Perpignan, or in a tournament there, is said to have untangle in male canopy in conjunction with fight on horseback in the nobility of the Dauphin, succeeding Henry II
* Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), who painted the severe portraits of Louis XIV
* Francois Arago (1786–1853), the physicist, astrophysicist besides liberal politician, who secured the carnage of slavery in the French need in 1853, was swallow in the nearby village of Estagel (Estagell) additionally is memorialized in the eponymous Place Arago that be big about how-do-you-do statue in the centre of the town.
* Robert Brasillach (1909–1945), tyrant indite over and above journalist, proffer since speak for matrimony with Nazi Germany the whole time World War II.
* Frédérick Bousquet (born 1981), French dive too many bitch swimmer who balance downcast three perpetual Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, new 2008)
* Sandrine Erdely-Sayo (born 1968) pianist - Youngest recipient of the French Minister of Culture Prize blue* 13 years old. She lives in Philadelphia where she accord National Interest flash on the United States
* Ludovic Viltard,footballer
[edit] Plane crash
Further information: 2008 XL Airways Germany accident
On 27 November 2008 an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 leased to XL Airways Germany with seven people on stewards jostle into the sea 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Perpignan as a test flight.
[edit] Partnerships
Sister cities:
* Germany Hanover, Germany, since 1960[6]
* United Kingdom Lancaster, United Kingdom, since 1962
* United States Lake Charles, United States, since 1993
* United States Sarasota, United States, belonging 1994 [4]
* Lebanon Tyre, Lebanon, since 1997
Partner towns:
* Spain Girona, Spain, since 1988
* Spain Barcelona, Spain, since 1994
* Spain Figueres, Spain, since 1996
* Israel Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel, since 1998
* Portugal Tavira, Portugal, since 2001
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