Eastern Pyrenees has an area of 4,115 km². and a population of 422,000, of whom just over a quarter live in the capital, Perpignan. Other towns include Argelès-sur-Mer, Thuir, Elne (the ancient Illiberis) and Prades, each of 6-10,000 inhabitants.

Eastern Pyrenees consists of three river valleys in the Pyrenees mountain range ¿from north to south, those of the Agly, Têt and Tech¿ and the eastern Plain of Roussilloninto which they converge. Most of the population and agricultural (...)

Eastern Pyrenees has an area of 4,115 km². and a population of 422,000, of whom just over a quarter live in the capital, Perpignan. Other towns include Argelès-sur-Mer, Thuir, Elne (the ancient Illiberis) and Prades, each of 6-10,000 inhabitants.

Eastern Pyrenees consists of three river valleys in the Pyrenees mountain range ¿from north to south, those of the Agly, Têt and Tech¿ and the eastern Plain of Roussilloninto which they converge. Most of the population and agricultural production are concentrated in the plain, with only 30% of the area.

The upper Tech valley comprises the departments westernmost third, with just over a tenth of the total population. To the south-east, the Têt valley and the Côte Vermeille contain nearly 100,000 inhabitants. The Agly basin in the north-east has much in common with neighboring areas of Aude.