Baho
Baho Bao (Catalan) | |
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Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Le Ribéral |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Got[1] |
Area 1 | 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,327 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | bahotenc (fr) baotenc (ca) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66012 /66540 |
Elevation | 34–90 m (112–295 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Baho (French pronunciation: [ba.o] ; Catalan: Bao [ˈbau], locally [ˈbow]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]
Geography
Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.
Government and politics
Mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Antoine Morat[4] | ? | June 1815 |
François Sauret Jr.[4] | June 1815 | ? |
Guy Casadevall | 1983 | 2008 |
Patrick Got | 2008 |
Population
The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,068 | — |
1975 | 1,449 | +4.45% |
1982 | 1,672 | +2.07% |
1990 | 2,027 | +2.44% |
1999 | 2,490 | +2.31% |
2007 | 2,928 | +2.05% |
2012 | 3,221 | +1.93% |
2017 | 3,217 | −0.02% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
Sites of interest
Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrénées-Orientales)
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baho, le 23 juin 1815, 18 january 2014
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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