Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales

Bages (French pronunciation: [baʒ] (listen); Catalan: Bages de Rosselló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Bages
Bages de Rosselló
The town hall in Bages
Location of Bages
Bages
Bages
Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonLa Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Marie Cabrera
Area
1
11.95 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
4,291
  Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66011 /66670
Elevation14–91 m (46–299 ft)
(avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Bages is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Bages and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
François Ricard 1959 1983
Jean-Claude Madrénas 1983 1995
Serge Soubielle 1995 2020
Marie Cabrera 2020

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,755    
19681,900+8.3%
19752,145+12.9%
19822,711+26.4%
19903,317+22.4%
19993,328+0.3%
20063,723+11.9%
20093,894+4.6%

See also

References


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