Cabestany | |
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The town hall in Cabestany | |
Coordinates: 42°40′52″N 2°56′36″E / 42.6811°N 2.9433°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Perpignan-3 |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Édith Pugnet[1] |
Area 1 | 10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 10,338 |
• Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66028 /66330 |
Elevation | 0–53 m (0–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
Website | ville-cabestany.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cabestany (French pronunciation: [kabɛstani] ; Catalan pronunciation: [kəβəsˈtaɲ]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Localisation
[edit]Cabestany is located in the canton of Perpignan-3 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66028.png/300px-Map_commune_FR_insee_code_66028.png)
Government and politics
[edit]Mayors
[edit]Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Mare Beille[3] | ? | June 1815 |
Jean Berga[3] | June 1815 | ? |
Jean Vila | 1977 | 2021 |
Édith Pugnet | 2021 | Current |
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,346 | — |
1975 | 3,390 | +14.11% |
1982 | 6,221 | +9.06% |
1990 | 7,513 | +2.39% |
1999 | 8,259 | +1.06% |
2007 | 8,395 | +0.20% |
2012 | 9,399 | +2.29% |
2017 | 10,106 | +1.46% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Notable people
[edit]The Master of Cabestany was from this area, and there is a museum dedicated to his work in the town.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Cabestany, le 11 juin 1815 , 30 January 2014
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE