Baixas
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An alley in Baixas | |
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Baixas | |
Coordinates: 42°45′03″N 2°48′36″E / 42.7508°N 2.81°ECoordinates: 42°45′03″N 2°48′36″E / 42.7508°N 2.81°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Le Ribéral |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Foxonet |
Area 1 | 18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 2,584 |
• Density | 140/km2 (350/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] (listen); 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.
Government and politics[]
Mayors[]
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Vaquer[2] | ? | June 1815 |
Honoré Tarrieux[2] | 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. | ±% |
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1962 | 1,995 | — |
1968 | 2,057 | +3.1% |
1975 | 1,969 | −4.3% |
1982 | 2,104 | +6.9% |
1990 | 2,027 | −3.7% |
1999 | 2,217 | +9.4% |
2007 | 2,433 | +9.7% |
2009 | 2,492 | +2.4% |
Notable people[]
- Andrzej Szpilman (1956-), polish composer living partly in Baixas.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baixas, le 20 juin 1815, 22 january 2014
External links[]
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Categories:
- Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales
- Pyrénées-Orientales geography stubs