Cases-de-Pène (French pronunciation: [kaz də pɛn] (
listen); Catalan: Cases de Pena) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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| Coordinates: 42°46′49″N 2°47′16″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Théophile Martinez[1] |
| Area 1 | 13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
| Population | 940 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66041 /66600 |
| Elevation | 36–362 m (118–1,188 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

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| Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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| Michèle Jodar | ? | 2001 |
| Jeannine Rolland | 2001 | 2008 |
| Théophile Martinez | 2008 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 483 | — |
| 1975 | 334 | −5.13% |
| 1982 | 387 | +2.13% |
| 1990 | 406 | +0.60% |
| 1999 | 430 | +0.64% |
| 2007 | 685 | +5.99% |
| 2012 | 834 | +4.01% |
| 2017 | 926 | +2.11% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The town of Cases-de-Pène has a kindergarten and elementary school, with about 112 children.[4]
Following a conflict between the mayor and the teacher in 1908, as she refused to resign, the mayor had a brickwall built in front of the school's entrance to force her to leave.[5]
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