Banyuls-dels-Aspres

Banyuls-dels-Aspres
Commune
Banyuls-dels-Aspres

Coat of arms
Banyuls-dels-Aspres
Location within Occitanie region
Banyuls-dels-Aspres
Coordinates: 42°34′00″N 2°52′05″E / 42.5667°N 2.8681°E / 42.5667; 2.8681Coordinates: 42°34′00″N 2°52′05″E / 42.5667°N 2.8681°E / 42.5667; 2.8681
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Les Aspres
Intercommunality Aspres
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Laurent Bernardy
Area1 10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 1,255
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 66015 /66300
Elevation 41–124 m (135–407 ft)
(avg. 114 m or 374 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Banyuls-dels-Aspres (Catalan: Banyuls dels Aspres) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Banyuls-dels-Aspres is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.

Map of Banyuls-dels-Aspres and its surrounding communes

Neighbouring communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
André Marie 2001 2014
Laurent Bernardy 2014

Population

The inhabitants are called Banyulencs.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793146—    
1800268+83.6%
1806319+19.0%
1821380+19.1%
1831427+12.4%
1836442+3.5%
1841472+6.8%
1846531+12.5%
1851513−3.4%
1856542+5.7%
1861501−7.6%
1866504+0.6%
1872535+6.2%
1876617+15.3%
1881744+20.6%
1886748+0.5%
1891750+0.3%
1896756+0.8%
1901887+17.3%
1906889+0.2%
1911870−2.1%
1921846−2.8%
1926769−9.1%
1931749−2.6%
1936759+1.3%
1946668−12.0%
1954695+4.0%
1962738+6.2%
1968724−1.9%
1975683−5.7%
1982660−3.4%
1990850+28.8%
19991,007+18.5%
20061,136+12.8%
20091,175+3.4%

Sites of interest

Saint-Andrew church
  • Saint-Andrew church, first mentioned in 1091 but rebuilt in the 15th century.

Notable people

  • Henri Ey (1900-1977) : psychiatrist and philosopher born in Banyuls-dels-Aspres.

See also

References


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