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Baillestavy (French: [bajəstavi] (listen); Catalan: Vallestàvia) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Baillestavy
Commune
Baillestavy
Coat of arms
Location of Baillestavy
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Coordinates: 42°33′56″N 2°31′33″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Prades
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Conflent-Canigó
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Mahieux
Area 1	17.89 km2 (6.91 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	117
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66013 /66320
Elevation	468–1,720 m (1,535–5,643 ft) (avg. 585 m or 1,919 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Localisation

Baillestavy is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades.

Hydrography

Baillestavy is crossed by the Lentillà river, a tributary of the Tech.

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Joseph Carboneill	1815[2]	?
Jean Guerre	193?	1959
Remy Maler[3]	1959	1971
Alain Taurinya[3]	1971	1989
Claude Maynéris[3]	1989	2001
Jacques Taurinya[3]	2001	2020
Éric Mahieux[3]	2020	incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	75	—
1968	54	−28.0%
1975	55	+1.9%
1982	50	−9.1%
1990	53	+6.0%
1999	58	+9.4%
2007	90	+55.2%
2009	94	+4.4%

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

External links

• (in French) Official site

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