Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales

Bages

The town hall in Bages

Coat of arms
Bages

Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E / 42.6067°N 2.8975°E / 42.6067; 2.8975Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E / 42.6067°N 2.8975°E / 42.6067; 2.8975
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Elne
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Albères et de la Côte Vermeille
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Serge Soubielle
Area1 11.95 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 3,987
 • Density 330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66011 / 66670
Elevation 14–91 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bages (Catalan: Bages de Rosselló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Bages is located in the canton of Elne and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Bages and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Ponteilla Pollestres Montescot
Villemolaque Elne
    
Saint-Jean-Lasseille (quadripoint) Brouilla Ortaffa

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Jean-Pierre Ricard ? 1984
Jean-Claude Madrénas 1984 1995
Serge Soubielle 1995

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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