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Commune in Occitania, France
Bages Bages de Rosselló (Catalan)
Commune
The town hall in BagesThe town hall in Bages
Coat of arms of BagesCoat of arms
Location of Bages
Bages is located in FranceBagesBagesShow map of FranceBages is located in OccitanieBagesBagesShow map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E / 42.6067°N 2.8975°E / 42.6067; 2.8975
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementCéret
CantonLa Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie Cabrera
Area11.95 km (4.61 sq mi)
Population4,482
 • Density380/km (970/sq mi)
Demonym(s)bagéen (fr)
bagenc (ca)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code66011 /66670
Elevation14–91 m (46–299 ft)
(avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bages (French pronunciation: [baʒ] ; Catalan: Bages de Rosselló [ˈbaʒəs də rusəˈʎo]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Bages is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Map of Bages and its surrounding communes
Places adjacent to Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales
Ponteilla Pollestres Montescot
Villemolaque Bages Elne
Saint-Jean-Lasseille (quadripoint) Brouilla Ortaffa

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
François Ricard 1959 1983
Jean-Claude Madrénas 1983 1995
Serge Soubielle 1995 2020
Marie Cabrera 2020

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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

Notable person

  • Jean-Pierre Serre (born 1926 in Bages), mathematician

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department


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