Caixas
Caixas
Caixàs / Queixàs | |
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Coordinates: 42°35′02″N 2°41′02″E / 42.5839°N 2.6839°ECoordinates: 42°35���02″N 2°41′02″E / 42.5839°N 2.6839°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Céret |
Canton | Les Aspres |
Intercommunality | Aspres |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Francis Ausseil |
Area 1 | 28.11 km2 (10.85 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 138 |
• Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66029 /66300 |
Elevation | 199–774 m (653–2,539 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Caixas (French pronunciation: [kaʃas] (listen); Catalan: Queixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography[]
Localisation[]
Caixas is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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Map of Caixas and its surrounding communes
Government and politics[]
Mayors[]
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Francis Ausseil | 1995 | 2001 |
Alain Doutres | 2001 | 2018 |
Francis Ausseil | 2018 |
Population[]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 67 | — |
1975 | 58 | −2.04% |
1982 | 61 | +0.72% |
1990 | 84 | +4.08% |
1999 | 95 | +1.38% |
2007 | 112 | +2.08% |
2012 | 133 | +3.50% |
2017 | 142 | +1.32% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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