--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:66136 entity_type: city name: Perpignan country_code: FR country: France slug: perpignan canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/perpignan/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/perpignan.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/perpignan.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/perpignan snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-31 fact_count: 20 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Perpignan Perpignan had 119,656 residents at the start of 2024 and is a city in France. The unemployment rate was 22.4% at the end of 2022. For Perpignan, the foreign population count was 15,653 in 2021. ## Population The city covered 68 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,777.5 people per km² in 2022. ## Climate Average high temperatures were 12.7°C in January and 29.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 60.1 mm in January and 15.1 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 7.64 µg/m³ in 2024. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 15,653 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 121,616 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 28.5 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 98.47 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 22.4399 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 24.4794 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 18.5892 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7.6412 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 12.7 · Feb 13.4 · Mar 16.4 · Apr 18.7 · May 22.3 · Jun 26.8 · Jul 29.5 · Aug 29.4 · Sep 25.6 · Oct 21.2 · Nov 16.3 · Dec 13.3 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 4.8 · Feb 5 · Mar 7.6 · Apr 9.7 · May 13.3 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.7 · Aug 19.7 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 12.9 · Nov 8.4 · Dec 5.3 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 8.7 · Feb 9.2 · Mar 12 · Apr 14.2 · May 17.8 · Jun 22 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 20.9 · Oct 17 · Nov 12.3 · Dec 9.3 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [8] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 60.1 · Feb 40.9 · Mar 51.6 · Apr 66.1 · May 45.6 · Jun 23.6 · Jul 15.1 · Aug 22.7 · Sep 43 · Oct 82.1 · Nov 72.6 · Dec 54.9 mm | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 140.883 · Feb 163.583 · Mar 206.583 · Apr 219.833 · May 240.7 · Jun 267.633 · Jul 299.9 · Aug 272.85 · Sep 223.783 · Oct 175.117 · Nov 146.75 · Dec 130.967 hours | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 68 km2 | place | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | stale | verified | [9] | | Fitness club membership, monthly | `col_fitness_club_eur_month` | 27.3402 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | `col_internet_60mbps_eur_month` | 29.9939 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Private kindergarten, monthly | `col_kindergarten_private_eur_month` | 547.3325 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Meal at an inexpensive restaurant | `col_meal_inexpensive_restaurant_eur` | 12.4377 EUR | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Basic utilities, 85 m² home | `col_utilities_basic_85m2_eur_month` | 143.2739 EUR/month | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | supplemental | [10] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 1,777.5231 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [11] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip 2. France official denominator source — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680726/ensemble.zip 3. Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata. — Official source — https://files.data.gouv.fr/ineris/lcsqa/concentrations-de-polluants-atmospheriques-reglementes/temps-reel/2026/FR_E2_2026-07-15.csv 4. Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage. — Official source — https://data.arcep.fr/fixe/maconnexioninternet/statistiques/2026_T1/commune/commune_debit.csv 5. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8581605/TD_ACT1_2022_csv.zip 6. 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AirQualityDownloadServiceEUMonitoringStations/MapServer 7. Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, PERPIGNAN, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://meteofrance.com/climat/normales/france/occitanie/PERPIGNAN 8. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PERPIGNAN — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/France/CSV/PERPIGNAN_07747.csv 9. France city identity collection — Official source — https://immigrationdb.com/methodology/ 10. Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 — Independent source — https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/mvieira101/global-cost-of-living 11. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population density — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2521169/base_cc_comparateur_csv.zip ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Perpignan, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-31. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/perpignan/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/perpignan/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/perpignan.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/perpignan.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/perpignan - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json