Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales
Bompas (Catalan: Bompàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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![]() Haut-Vernet avenue in downtown Bompas | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Bompas ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 42°43′56″N 2°56′02″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Perpignan-2 |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Paul Batlle |
Area 1 | 5.70 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 7,254 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
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. |
Geography
Localisation
Bompas is located in the canton of Perpignan-2 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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Map of Bompas and its surrounding communes
Neighbouring communes
Government and politics
Mayors
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The town hall
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Signature of mayor Honoré Polit in 1815
Mayor[2] | Term start | Term end |
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Honoré Polit[3] | ? | May 1815 |
Jacques Reyner[3] | 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)[4] |
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 1,474 | — |
1968 | 1,693 | +14.9% |
1975 | 1,951 | +15.2% |
1982 | 4,670 | +139.4% |
1990 | 6,323 | +35.4% |
1999 | 6,944 | +9.8% |
2006 | 7,125 | +2.6% |
2009 | 7,223 | +1.4% |
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- MairesGenWeb for mayors after 1900
- 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
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