Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales
Bompas
Bompàs (Catalan) | |
|---|---|
 Haut-Vernet avenue in downtown Bompas | |
.svg.png) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bompas | |
  Bompas  Bompas | |
| Coordinates: 42°43′56″N 2°56′02″E / 42.7322°N 2.9339°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | Perpignan-2 |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Ausina[1] |
Area 1 | 5.70 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,712 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | bompassencq (fr) bompasenc (ca) |
| 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 (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃pas] ⓘ; Catalan: Bompàs [bumˈpas]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]
Geography
Localisation
Bompas is located in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.
Places adjacent to Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales | |
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Government and politics
Mayors
| Mayor[4] | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Honoré Polit[5] | ? | May 1815 |
| Jacques Reyner[5] | 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)[6] |
| Laurence Ausina | 24.05.2020 |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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[7] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ MairesGenWeb for mayors after 1900
- ^ a b Cardenas, Fabricio (19 April 2014). "Un nouveau maire à Bompas, 26 mai 1815". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ (in French) P.-O. : Jean-Paul Batlle, maire de Bompas, est décédé, L'Indépendant, 27.01.2020
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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