La Bastide, Pyrénées-Orientales

La Bastide La Bastida (Catalan)
Commune
The church in La Bastide
Location of La Bastide
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Coordinates: 42°32′52″N 2°35′23″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Le Canigou
Intercommunality	Haut Vallespir
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Baux[1]
Area ^1	15.63 km^2 (6.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	65
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	bastidois (fr) bastidenc (ca)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66018 /66110
Elevation	545–1,780 m (1,788–5,840 ft) (avg. 787 m or 2,582 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Bastide (French pronunciation: [la bastid] ^ⓘ; Catalan: La Bastida [ɫə bəsˈti.ðə]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

La Bastide is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Map of La Bastide and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Daniel Baux	2001

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	80	—
1975	70	−1.89%
1982	65	−1.05%
1990	64	−0.19%
1999	61	−0.53%
2007	103	+6.77%
2012	80	−4.93%
2017	72	−2.09%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE