Bages (French pronunciation: [baʒ] (listen); Catalan: Bages de Rosselló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Bages
Bages de Rosselló | |
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Commune | |
The town hall in Bages | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Bages ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Céret |
Canton | La Plaine d'Illibéris |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie Cabrera |
Area 1 | 11.95 km2 (4.61 sq mi) |
Population | 4,291 |
• Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66011 /66670 |
Elevation | 14–91 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 is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Places adjacent to Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales | ||||||||||||||||
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Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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François Ricard | 1959 | 1983 |
Jean-Claude Madrénas | 1983 | 1995 |
Serge Soubielle | 1995 | 2020 |
Marie Cabrera | 2020 |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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[2] |
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