11 Facts About Perpignan

Perpignan is sometimes seen as the "Entrance" of the Iberian Peninsula.

Perpignan was the capital of the former province and County of Roussillon and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Perpignan is crossed by the largest river in Roussillon, the Tet, and by one of its tributaries, the Basse.

Floods have occurred, as in 1892 when the rising of the Tet in Perpignan destroyed 39 houses, leaving more than 60 families homeless.

Perpignan has a typical Mediterranean climate similar to much of the Mediterranean coastline of France.

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Perpignan is served by the Gare de Perpignan railway station, which offers connections to Paris, Barcelona, Toulouse, and several regional destinations.

Name of Perpignan appears in 927 as Perpinianum, followed in 959 by Villa Perpiniano, Pirpinianum in the 11th century, Perpiniani in 1176.

Perpignan acquired the institutions of a partly self-governing commune in 1197.

When James I the Conqueror, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona, founded the Kingdom of Majorca in 1276, Perpignan became the capital of the mainland territories of the new state.

Perpignan-based rugby league club plays in British Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.

Perpignan followed that up some years later by declaring that the Iberian Peninsula rotated precisely at Perpignan station 132 million years ago – an event the artist invoked in his 1983 painting Topological Abduction of Europe – Homage to Rene Thom.