Cases-de-Pène
Appearance
Cases-de-Pène | |
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Coordinates: 42°46′49″N 2°47′16″E / 42.7803°N 2.7878°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Théophile Martinez[1] |
Area 1 | 13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 969 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66041 /66600 |
Elevation | 36–362 m (118–1,188 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Cases-de-Pène (French pronunciation: [kaz də pɛn] ; Catalan: Cases de Pena) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Localisation
[edit]Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
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Politics and administration
[edit]Mayors
[edit]Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Michèle Jodar | ? | 2001 |
Jeannine Rolland | 2001 | 2008 |
Théophile Martinez | 2008 |
Population and society
[edit]Demography
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 483 | — |
1975 | 334 | −5.13% |
1982 | 387 | +2.13% |
1990 | 406 | +0.60% |
1999 | 430 | +0.64% |
2007 | 685 | +5.99% |
2012 | 834 | +4.01% |
2017 | 926 | +2.11% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Education
[edit]The town of Cases-de-Pène has a kindergarten and elementary school, with about 112 children.[4]
Following a conflict between the mayor and the teacher in 1908, as she refused to resign, the mayor had a brickwall built in front of the school's entrance to force her to leave.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, École primaire publique de Cases-de-Pène
- ^ Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
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