Baho | |
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Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | Le Ribéral |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Got [1] |
Area 1 | 7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,327 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
66012 /66540 |
Elevation | 34–90 m (112–295 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Baho (French pronunciation: [ba.o] ; Catalan: Bao) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. [3]
Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Antoine Morat [4] | ? | June 1815 |
François Sauret Jr. [4] | June 1815 | ? |
Guy Casadevall | 1983 | 2008 |
Patrick Got | 2008 |
The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,068 | — |
1975 | 1,449 | +4.45% |
1982 | 1,672 | +2.07% |
1990 | 2,027 | +2.44% |
1999 | 2,490 | +2.31% |
2007 | 2,928 | +2.05% |
2012 | 3,221 | +1.93% |
2017 | 3,217 | −0.02% |
Source: INSEE [5] |
Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa ( Pyrénées-Orientales)