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Baho

This article is about the French commune. For the Nicaraguan food, see Vaho. For the novella by Roland Rugero, see Baho!
Baho
Bao (Catalan)
Commune
The town hall in Baho
The town hall in Baho
Coat of arms of Baho
Coat of arms
Location of Baho
Map
Baho is located in France
Baho
Baho
Baho is located in Occitanie
Baho
Baho
Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E / 42.7011; 2.8231
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLe Ribéral
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Got[1]
Area
1
7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,327
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)bahotenc (fr)
baotenc (ca)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66012 /66540
Elevation34–90 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 [ˈbau], locally [ˈbow]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[3]

Geography

Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Map of Baho and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Signatures of the former and new mayors of Baho in 1815

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Antoine Morat[4] ? June 1815
François Sauret Jr.[4] June 1815 ?
Guy Casadevall 1983 2008
Patrick Got 2008

Population

The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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]

Sites of interest

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)

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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ a b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baho, le 23 juin 1815, 18 january 2014
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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