Perpignan
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- Names
Perpignan
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- 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.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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