Emergency numbers and rescue contacts in the Pyrénées-Orientales

Accident, illness, fire, someone in difficulty at sea or in the mountains: here are the numbers to know during your stay in the Pyrénées-Orientales, from the Catalan coast to the Cerdagne. Keep this page in your bookmarks.

In an emergency

• 112: European emergency number, free from a landline or a mobile, usable throughout Europe and without speaking French.
• 15: SAMU, medical emergencies. It is also the number to reach a doctor when your usual doctor is not available.
• 17: police and gendarmerie (assault, theft, road accident).
• 18: fire brigade (fire, accident, drowning, flood, gas leak).
• 196: sea rescue (CROSS); on a boat, use VHF channel 16.
• 114: emergency number for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or aphasic, by text message, app, chat or video call, 24 hours a day.

If the emergency services call you back, the call may come from 0 800 112 112: answer it, but note that this number does not receive incoming calls.

Getting medical care: doctor, pharmacy, emergency department

• On-call doctor in the evening, at weekends and on public holidays: 116 117 or 15.
• SOS Médecins 66: 3624 (premium-rate number).
• Duty pharmacy: 3237 (premium-rate number).
• Toulouse poison control centre, responsible for Occitanie: 05 61 77 74 47, 24 hours a day. If the person is unconscious or has difficulty breathing, call 15.

The Agence régionale de santé asks that you call 15 before going to the emergency department, especially at night: the dispatcher will direct you to the right service. Emergency departments in the département:

• Perpignan Hospital Centre (Hôpital Saint-Jean), 20 avenue du Languedoc, Perpignan: 04 68 61 66 33. Emergency department open 24 hours a day, maternity unit. Out-of-hours medical centre next to the emergency department, in the evening and at weekends.
• Clinique Saint-Pierre, 169 avenue de Prades, Perpignan: 04 68 56 26 26.
• Polyclinique Médipôle Saint-Roch, avenue Ambroise Croizat, Cabestany: 04 28 63 10 10.
• Clinique du Vallespir, chemin de Sant Pluget, Céret: 04 68 87 12 55. Emergency department open 24 hours a day.
• Clinique Saint-Michel, 25 avenue Louis Prat, Prades (Conflent): 04 68 96 03 16. Emergency department open 24 hours a day.
• Hôpital de Cerdanya, in Puigcerdà, a cross-border hospital that also serves the French Cerdagne and Capcir: 04 88 62 77 77 from France.

There is no emergency department on the Côte Vermeille, nor in Argelès-sur-Mer, Saint-Cyprien, Canet-en-Roussillon or Le Barcarès: in an emergency, call 15.

Police and gendarmerie

In an emergency, dial 17 or 112. To file a complaint or request information:

• Perpignan police station, 33 avenue de la Grande-Bretagne: 04 68 35 70 00 (Monday to Friday, 8 am–6 pm).
• Argelès-sur-Mer gendarmerie, 92 avenue de la Libération: 04 68 81 03 96.
• Port-Vendres gendarmerie (Côte Vermeille), rue Colonel Arnaud Beltrame: 04 68 82 00 60.
• Saint-Cyprien gendarmerie, Pas de la Prade-Sud: 04 68 21 00 19.
• Canet-en-Roussillon gendarmerie, 1 voie Florence Arthaud: 04 68 80 21 07.
• Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque gendarmerie, 200 allée Méditerranée: 04 68 28 30 19.
• Céret gendarmerie (Vallespir), 4 boulevard Simon Battle: 04 68 68 48 10.
• Thuir gendarmerie (Aspres), rond-point de la Pietat: 04 68 53 03 22.
• Prades gendarmerie (Conflent), 50 route d’Eus: 04 68 96 39 77.
• Font-Romeu gendarmerie, 30 boulevard du Cambre d’Aze: 04 68 30 08 68; Saillagouse: 04 68 04 70 57; Bourg-Madame: 04 68 04 53 17.

All the brigades: government directory.

In the mountains and forests

• Mountain rescue: call 112 or 17. Rescue is provided in particular by the PGHM of Osséja (high-mountain gendarmerie platoon), 19 avenue du Carlit: 04 68 04 04 61 for information, during office hours.
• Fire risk: in summer, access to certain massifs may be prohibited. Check the daily map before setting out at risque-prevention-incendie.fr.
• Weather, storms and alerts: vigilance.meteofrance.fr; in winter, also consult the Météo-France avalanche risk bulletin.

At the beach

Swim only at supervised beaches, between the flags, and respect the flag colours (green, yellow, red). The prefecture publishes the list of supervised beaches. In the event of drowning or of someone being swept out to sea: 18, 112 or 196.

Other useful contacts

• Lost or stolen bank card (interbank server, premium-rate): 0 892 705 705; from abroad: +33 4 42 60 53 03. Not all banks are connected to it: also keep your own bank’s number.
• Prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales, 24 quai Sadi-Carnot, Perpignan: 04 68 51 66 66.
• Consulate General of Spain, 12 rue Benjamin Franklin, Perpignan: +33 4 68 34 33 78; serious emergency (accident, detention): +33 6 07 21 63 15.
• Roads and traffic in the département: inforoute66.fr.
• Domestic violence: 3919; children at risk: 119; SAMU social: 115; missing child: 116 000.

Information checked on 23 October 2026 on service-public.gouv.fr, sante.fr, the press releases of the ARS Occitanie, the government directory and the websites of the establishments. Opening hours may change: if in doubt, call 15 or 112.