Baixas

Baixas
Commune

An alley in Baixas

Coat of arms
Baixas

Coordinates: 42°45′03″N 2°48′36″E / 42.7508°N 2.81°E / 42.7508; 2.81Coordinates: 42°45′03″N 2°48′36″E / 42.7508°N 2.81°E / 42.7508; 2.81
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Le Ribéral
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Gilles Foxonet
Area1 18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 2,568
 • Density 140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 66014 /66390
Elevation 51–312 m (167–1,024 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.

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

Geography

Localisation

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

Map of Baixas and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Adjacent places of Baixas
Cases-de-Pène Espira-de-l'Agly
Calce Peyrestortes
    
Villeneuve-la-Rivière Baho Saint-Estève

Government and politics

Mayors

Signature of mayor Vaquer in 1815
Mayor Term start Term end
Vaquer[1] ? June 1815
Honoré Tarrieux[1] June 1815 ?
Désiré Bobo 1896 1904
Henri Thomas 1904 1919
Jules Bonzoms 1919 1925
Jacques Frigola 1925 1944
Robert Cantier 1944 1947
Georges Bobo 1947 1959
Servais Bobo 1959 1971
Robert Frigola 1971 1995
Roger Torreilles 1995 2001
Gilles Foxonet 2001

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,995—    
19682,057+3.1%
19751,969−4.3%
19822,104+6.9%
19902,027−3.7%
19992,217+9.4%
20072,433+9.7%
20092,492+2.4%

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baixas, le 20 juin 1815, 22 january 2014
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