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ID: 7008383
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008383
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Perpignan (inhabited place)  Perpignan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 41 46 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.6962  decimal degrees
Long: 002 53 50 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.8971  decimal degrees

Note: Ruled by House of Aragon 1172; fortified during & after struggle between France & Spain for Roussillon; united to France 1659; city of refuge for refugees from Spanish Civil War after 1936; trades in wine, fruit & vegetables; has handicraft industries.

Names:
Perpignan (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Occitanie (region (administrative division))  ............  Occitanie (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Perpignan (inhabited place)  ................  Perpignan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 10th cen.
city (C)
department capital (C)
tourist center (C)
trade center (C)
market center (C)
provincial capital (H)  ............  of Rousillion, 12th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Perpignan..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 303
....................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 152
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 943
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 303
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1457525
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 152
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 943
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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