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Saint-Hippolyte, Pyrénées-Orientales

Coordinates: 42°47′06″N 2°58′02″E / 42.785°N 2.9672°E / 42.785; 2.9672
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Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Sant Hipòlit de la Salanca
The church in Saint-Hippolyte
The church in Saint-Hippolyte
Coat of arms of Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Location of Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
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Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque is located in France
Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque is located in Occitanie
Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque
Coordinates: 42°47′06″N 2°58′02″E / 42.785°N 2.9672°E / 42.785; 2.9672
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLa Côte Salanquaise
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Madeleine Garcia-Vidal[1]
Area
1
14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,227
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66176 /66510
Elevation0–11 m (0–36 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hippolyte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tipɔlit] ), also known as Saint-Hippolyte-de-la-Salanque (pronounced [sɛ̃tipɔlit la salɑ̃k]; Catalan: Sant Hipòlit de la Salanca, [santiˈpɔlid de la səˈlaŋkə]), is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, southern France.

Geography

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Saint-Hippolyte is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Hippolyte and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

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Signature of mayor Étienne Masnou in 1815

Mayors

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Mayor Term start Term end
Étienne Masnou[3] ? June 1815
Pierre Gari[3] June 1815 ?
Michel Montagne 2001 2014
Madeleine Garcia-Vidal 2014

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,033—    
1975 1,044+0.15%
1982 1,038−0.08%
1990 1,616+5.69%
1999 1,849+1.51%
2007 2,327+2.92%
2012 2,719+3.16%
2017 3,052+2.34%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Saint-Hippolyte, le 31 mai 1815, 25 january 2014
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE