Baho
Baho | |
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Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°ECoordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Le Ribéral |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Got |
Area 1 | 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 3,323 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66012 /66540 |
Elevation | 34–90 m (112–295 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Baho (French pronunciation: [ba.o] (listen); Catalan: Bao) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography[]
Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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Map of Baho and its surrounding communes
Government and politics[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Baho_-_Signatures_maire_Sauret_et_ancien_maire_Morat_en_1815.jpg/250px-Baho_-_Signatures_maire_Sauret_et_ancien_maire_Morat_en_1815.jpg)
Signatures of the former and new mayors of Baho in 1815
Mayors[]
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Antoine Morat[2] | ? | June 1815 |
François Sauret Jr.[2] | June 1815 | ? |
Guy Casadevall | 1983 | 2008 |
Patrick Got | 2008 |
Population[]
The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 787 | — |
1968 | 1,068 | +35.7% |
1975 | 1,449 | +35.7% |
1982 | 1,672 | +15.4% |
1990 | 2,027 | +21.2% |
1999 | 2,490 | +22.8% |
2006 | 2,874 | +15.4% |
2009 | 3,054 | +6.3% |
Sites of interest[]
Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrénées-Orientales)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baho, le 23 juin 1815, 18 january 2014
External links[]
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Categories:
- Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
- Pyrénées-Orientales geography stubs