Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales

Bages Bages de Rosselló (Catalan)
Commune
The town hall in Bages
Coat of arms
Location of Bages
Bages Show map of France Bages Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°36′24″N 2°53′51″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	La Plaine d'Illibéris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Cabrera[1]
Area ^1	11.95 km^2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,482
• Density	380/km^2 (970/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	bagéen (fr) bagenc (ca)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66011 /66670
Elevation	14–91 m (46–299 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

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

Year	Pop.	±% 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[3]

Notable person

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

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

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