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Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales

Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E / 42.6067°N 2.8975°E / 42.6067; 2.8975
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Bages
Bages de Rosselló (Catalan)
Commune
The town hall in Bages
The town hall in Bages
Coat of arms of Bages
Coat of arms
Location of Bages
Map
Bages is located in France
Bages
Bages
Bages is located in Occitanie
Bages
Bages
Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E / 42.6067°N 2.8975°E / 42.6067; 2.8975
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonLa Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie Cabrera[1]
Area
1
11.95 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,482
 • Density380/km2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym(s)bagéen (fr)
bagenc (ca)
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.

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

Geography

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Localisation

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

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Map of Bages and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

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Mayors

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

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,900—    
1975 2,145+1.75%
1982 2,711+3.40%
1990 3,317+2.55%
1999 3,328+0.04%
2007 3,779+1.60%
2012 3,960+0.94%
2017 4,174+1.06%
Source: INSEE[3]

Notable person

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  • Jean-Pierre Serre (born 1926 in Bages), mathematician

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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