Cases-de-Pène

Cases-de-Pène
Cases-de-Pène
Commune
	A general view of Cases-de-Pène
	Coat of arms
	Location of 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
Area 1	13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi)
Population (2021)	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

Localisation

Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Politics and administration

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end

Michèle Jodar	?	2001
Jeannine Rolland	2001	2008
Théophile Martinez	2008

Population and society

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

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]

References

^ "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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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[4] Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, École primaire publique de Cases-de-Pène

[5] 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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