Baixas | |
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![]() An alley in Baixas | |
Coordinates: 42°45′03″N 2°48′36″E / 42.7508°N 2.81°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Le Ribéral |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Foxonet[1] |
Area 1 | 18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,727 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66014 /66390 |
Elevation | 51–312 m (167–1,024 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Baixas (French pronunciation: [baʃas] ; Catalan: Baixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Localisation
Baixas is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66014.png/300px-Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66014.png)
Government and politics
Mayors
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Baixas_-_Signature_du_maire_Vaquer_en_1815.jpg/220px-Baixas_-_Signature_du_maire_Vaquer_en_1815.jpg)
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Vaquer[3] | ? | June 1815 |
Honoré Tarrieux[3] | June 1815 | ? |
Désiré Bobo | 1896 | 1904 |
Henri Thomas | 1904 | 1919 |
Jules Bonzoms | 1919 | 1925 |
Jacques Frigola | 1925 | 1944 |
Robert Cantier | 1944 | 1947 |
Georges Bobo | 1947 | 1959 |
Servais Bobo | 1959 | 1971 |
Robert Frigola | 1971 | 1995 |
Roger Torreilles | 1995 | 2001 |
Gilles Foxonet | 2001 |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,057 | — |
1975 | 1,969 | −0.62% |
1982 | 2,104 | +0.95% |
1990 | 2,027 | −0.46% |
1999 | 2,217 | +1.00% |
2007 | 2,433 | +1.17% |
2012 | 2,587 | +1.24% |
2017 | 2,573 | −0.11% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Notable people
- Andrzej Szpilman (1956-), Polish composer living partly in Baixas.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baixas, le 20 juin 1815, 22 january 2014
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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