Bompas (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃pas] (listen); Catalan: Bompàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[2]
Bompas
Bompàs | |
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Commune | |
![]() Haut-Vernet avenue in downtown Bompas | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Bompas ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 42°43′56″N 2°56′02″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Perpignan-2 |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Ausina |
Area 1 | 5.70 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
Population | 7,426 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66021 /66430 |
Elevation | 9–20 m (30–66 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bompas is located in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Places adjacent to Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales | |
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Mayor[3] | Term start | Term end |
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Honoré Polit[4] | ? | May 1815 |
Jacques Reyner[4] | May 1815 | ? |
Louis Cazalens | 1900 | 1906 |
Thomas Batlle-Foxonet | 1906 | 1908 |
Joseph Batlle | 1908 | 1912 |
Lucien Reynès | 1912 | 1935 |
Jean Polit | 1935 | 1944 |
Edmond Torreilles | 1944 | 1945 |
David Vidal | 1945 | 1971 |
Gabriel Sola | 1971 | 1989 |
Yves Mir | 1989 | 1995 |
Jean-Paul Batlle | 1995 | 26.01.2020 (death)[5] |
Laurence Ausina | 24.05.2020 |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,693 | — |
1975 | 1,951 | +2.05% |
1982 | 4,670 | +13.28% |
1990 | 6,323 | +3.86% |
1999 | 6,944 | +1.05% |
2007 | 7,149 | +0.36% |
2012 | 7,129 | −0.06% |
2017 | 7,254 | +0.35% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
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