Baho

Baho
Commune

The town hall in Baho

Coat of arms
Baho

Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E / 42.7011; 2.8231Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E / 42.7011; 2.8231
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Le Ribéral
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Patrick Got
Area1 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 3,201
 • Density 410/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66012 /66540
Elevation 34–90 m (112–295 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 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.

Baho (Catalan: Baó) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Baho and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Adjacent places of Baho
Baixas
Villeneuve-la-Rivière Saint-Estève
    
Le Soler Perpignan

Government and politics

Signatures of the former and new mayors of Baho in 1815

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Antoine Morat[1] ? June 1815
François Sauret Jr.[1] June 1815 ?
Guy Casadevall 1983 2008
Patrick Got 2008

Population

The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962787—    
19681,068+35.7%
19751,449+35.7%
19821,672+15.4%
19902,027+21.2%
19992,490+22.8%
20062,874+15.4%
20093,054+6.3%

Sites of interest

Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrénées-Orientales)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baho, le 23 juin 1815, 18 january 2014
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