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The capital ofthe département of Pyrénées-Orientales is Perpignan. The département was created from the historic province of Roussillon, the region of Cerdagne and fragments of Languedoc. |
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Pyrénées-Orientales
is bounded on the north by the Aude
département, on the east by the Mediterranean
Sea, on the south by the Spanish border running through
the Pyrenees
(
Pirenèus,
Pyrénées),
and on the west by the small principality of Andorra and
the region of Midi-Pyrénées. In the département's
west is the granite Carlit Peak that soars to the height
of 9,583 feet. The peak is surrounded by glacial lakes and
by other peaks that exceed 8,500 feet. The Carlit Massif
feeds the Ariège, the Aude, and the Têt rivers.
The departement is mountainous in the south, with the Roussillon alluvial plain in the center.
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