Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales

Commune in Occitania, France
Bompas
Bompàs
Commune
Haut-Vernet avenue in downtown Bompas
Haut-Vernet avenue in downtown Bompas
Coat of arms of Bompas
Coat of arms
Location of Bompas
Map
(2020–2026)
Laurence Ausina[1]
Area
1
5.70 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,619
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66021 /66430
Elevation9–20 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) 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.

Map of Bompas and its surrounding communes
Places adjacent to Bompas, Pyrénées-Orientales
Pia Claira
Bompas
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque
Perpignan Perpignan

Government and politics

Mayors

The town hall
Signature of mayor Honoré Polit in 1815
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

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

  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". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ MairesGenWeb for mayors after 1900
  5. ^ a b Cardenas, Fabricio (19 April 2014). "Un nouveau maire à Bompas, 26 mai 1815". Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ^ (in French) P.-O. : Jean-Paul Batlle, maire de Bompas, est décédé, L'Indépendant, 27.01.2020
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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