Cabestany

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Cabestany

(2021–2026) Édith Pugnet^[1]Area

10.42 km² (4.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

10,338 • Density990/km² (2,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66028 /66330

Elevation0–53 m (0–174 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)Websiteville-cabestany.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cabestany (French pronunciation: [kabɛstani] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Cabestany is located in the canton of Perpignan-3 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end

Mare Beille^[3]	?	June 1815
Jean Berga^[3]	June 1815	?

Jean Vila	1977	2021
Édith Pugnet	2021	Current

Population

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,346	—
1975	3,390	+14.11%
1982	6,221	+9.06%
1990	7,513	+2.39%
1999	8,259	+1.06%
2007	8,395	+0.20%
2012	9,399	+2.29%
2017	10,106	+1.46%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Notable people

The Master of Cabestany was from this area, and there is a museum dedicated to his work in the town.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Cabestany, le 11 juin 1815 , 30 January 2014
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE