What is Perpignan?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Perpignan |native name = Perpinyà |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Arms of Perpignan.svg |image coat of arms size = 85px |city motto = |image = Perpignan.jpg |caption = Aerial view of Perpignan |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|42.6986|2.8956|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Perpignan |canton = Perpignan-1, Perpignan-2, Perpignan-3, Perpignan-4, Perpignan-5, Perpignan-6 |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Perpignan Méditerranée |mayor = [[Louis Aliot]] |party = [[National Rally (France)|RN]] |term = 2020- |elevation m = 52 |elevation min m = 8 |elevation max m = 95 |area km2 = 68.07 |population_demonym = Perpignanais |population = 120605 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 66136 |postal code = 66000 |website = [http://www.mairie-perpignan.fr/ www.mairie-perpignan.fr] }} '''Perpignan''' ({{lang-ca|'''Perpinyà'''}}) is a [[city]] in the south of [[France]]. It is also a [[Communes of France|commune]] and the capital of the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]] [[Departments of France|department]]. Perpignan was the capital of the old [[province]] and [[county]] of [[Roussillon]] (''Rosselló'' in Catalan) and continental capital of the [[Kingdom of Majorca]] in the