Old communes of the Eastern Pyrenees
This page recalls all the old communes of the department of the the Eastern Pyrenees which existed since the French revolution, as well as creations and the official modifications of name.
The list does not contain the simple modifications of the territory of a commune (passage of a hamlet of a commune with another, for example).
The information of before 1943 can be incomplete.
Fusion
*: creation of a new commune
1983
- Ayguatébia > Ayguatébia-Talau *
- Talau > Ayguatébia-Talau
1973
- Angoustrine > Angoustrine-Villeneuve-of-Escaldes the *
- Caldégas > Borough-Madam
- Llauro > Passed-Llauro-Tordères * - (common restored in 1989)
- Passa > Passed-Llauro-Tordères * - (common restored in 1989)
- Ria > Ria-Sirach-Urbanya * - (common restored in 1983 under the name of Ria-Sirach)
- Tordères > Passed-Llauro-Tordères * - (common restored in 1989)
- Urbanya > Ria-Sirach-Urbanya * - (common restored in 1983)
- Villeneuve-of-Escaldes the > Angoustrine-Villeneuve-of-Escaldes the *
1972
- Canet > Canet-in-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire * - (common restored in 1983 under the name of Canet-in-Roussillon)
- Tired Illas > Maureillas-mow-Islands *
- Llo > Saillagouse-Llo * - (common restored in 1984)
- Maureillas > Maureillas-mow-Islands *
- Opoul > Opoul-Périllos
- Périllos > Opoul-Périllos *
- Riunogues > Maureillas-mow-Islands *
- Saint-Nazaire > Canet-in-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire * - (common restored in 1983)
- Saillagouse > Saillagouse-Llo - (common restored in 1984)
- Valcebollère > Osséja - (common restored in 1985)
1963
- Montalba-in Amélie > Amélie-the-Baths-Palalda
1942
- Amélie-the-Baths > Amélie-the-Baths-Palalda *
- Palalda > Amélie-the-Baths-Palalda *
1837
1828
- Comes > Have
1827
- Évol > Olette
1823
- Fontanils > Arles-on-Tech
- Palol > Céret
- Saint Martin's day > Maureillas
- Selva > Tired Illas
1822
- Aytua > Escaro
- Bajande > Estavar
- Cortals > Llagonne
- In > Nyer
- Horts > Serdinya
- Lavaill > Sorède
- Marcevol > Arboussols
- Marians > Souanyas
- Prats-Saint-Thomas > Fontpédrouse
- Ro > Saillagouse
- Serrabonne > Swell-with Amont
- Sirach > Ria
- Thuès-Dellar > Thuès-Between-Valleys
- Touren > Sahorre
- Via > Odeillo
- Vedrinyans > Saillagouse
- Villerach > Clara
1821
- Llar > Canaveilles
1803
- Levilar > Villelongue-dels-Mounts
Between 1795 and 1800
- the Pole > Canted It
Between 1790 and 1794
- Indigo plants > Ponteilla
- Belloc > Villefranche
- Belpuig > Prunet-and-Belpuig *
- Bessegarde > the Lock
- Boiça > Alénya
- Huts > Saint-Génis
- Campôme > Molitg - (common restored before 1800)
- Castle-Roussillon > Perpignan
- Fetges > Sauto
- Flassa > Jujols
- Garrieux > Salses
- Garrius > Salses
- Nidolère > Tresserre
- Nyls > Ponteilla
- Paves It > Argelès
- Prats > Prats-Saint-Thomas *
- Prunet > Prunet-and-Belpuig *
- Rohet > Llo
- Sahorle > Vinça
- Saint-Thomas > Prats-Saint-Thomas *
- Salelles > Cabestany - (common restored in 1923)
- Taxo-in Amont > Saint-Andrew
- Taxo-in Avall > Argelès
- Villeroge > Coustouges
Creation and re-establishment
1989
- Re-establishment of Llauro, from Passed and from Tordères starting from Passed-Llauro-Tordères, commune removed
1985
- Re-establishment of Valcebollère starting from Osséja
1984
- Re-establishment of Llo and Saillagouse starting from Saillagouse-Llo, removed commune
1983
- Re-establishment of Canet like Canet-in-Roussillon and of Saint-Nazaire starting from Canet-in-Roussillon-Saint-Nazaire, removed commune
- Re-establishment of Ria like Ria-Sirach and of Urbanya starting from Ria-Sirach-Urbanya, removed commune
1929
- Barcarès by dismemberment of the commune of Saint-Laurent-of-the-Salt marsh
1923
1888
- Cerberus by dismemberment of the commune of Banyuls-sur-Mer
1862
- Tech by dismemberment of the commune of Prats-with-Mollo
1860
- Porté by dismemberment of the commune of Carried
1856
- Corbère-the-Huts by dismemberment of the commune of Corbère
1851
1837
- Rétablissement of the Lock starting from Albère
- Carried by dismemberment of the commune of Latour-with-Carol
1832
- Valcebollère by dismemberment of the commune of Osséja
1822
- Port-Vendres by dismemberment of the communes of Banyuls-sur-Mer and Collioure
Before 1800
- Re-establishment of Campôme starting from Molitg
Modification of official name
Many names of commune of the Eastern Pyrenees are of Catalan origin ; they all were practically francized at a given time.
1992
- Montesquieu > Montesquieu-of-Albères the
1986
- Salses > Salses-the-Castle
1984
- the Lock > the Cluses
1983
- Caudiès > Caudiès-with-Conflent
1970
- Molitg > Molitg-the-Baths
1968
- Saint-Génis > Saint-Génis-of-Fountains
1957
- Odeillo-Via > Make-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
1956
- Prats-of-Mollo > Prats-of-Mollo-the-Swift
1954
- Carried > Carried-Puymorens
1953
- Ille > Ille-on-Small fireclay cup
- Laroque > Laroque-of-Albères the
- Saint-Paul > Saint-Paul-with-Fenouillet
- Vernet > Vernet-the-Baths
1936
- Palau > Palau-with-Cerdagne
1933
- Corneilla > Corneilla-with-Conflent
- Espira > Espira-with-Conflent
- Montalba > Montalba-with Amélie
- Montalba > Montalba-the-Castle
- Pézilla > Pézilla-with-Conflent
- Prats > Prats-with-Sournia
1900
- Odeillo > Odeillo-Via
1898
- Caudiès > Caudiès-with-Fenouillèdes
1893
- Villefranche > Villefranche-with-Conflent
1840
- Argelès > Argelès-sur-mer
- Arles-the-Baths > Amélie-the-Baths
1815
- Hix > Borough-Madam
Sources
- charts of Cassini, database on the history of the common Frenchwomen
- CommunesGenWeb, history of the communes to the service of the genealogy
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