Cabestany
Cabestany | |
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 The town hall in Cabestany | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Cabestany | |
  Cabestany  Cabestany | |
| Coordinates: 42°40′52″N 2°56′36″E / 42.6811°N 2.9433°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | Perpignan-3 |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Édith Pugnet[1] |
Area 1 | 10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 10,465 |
| • Density | 1,004/km2 (2,601/sq mi) |
| Demonym | cabestanyenc (ca) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 66028 /66330 |
| Elevation | 0–53 m (0–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
| Website | ville-cabestany.fr |
| 1 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] ⓘ; Catalan pronunciation: [kəβəsˈtaɲ]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
[edit]Localisation
[edit]Cabestany is located in the canton of Perpignan-3 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.
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Government and politics
[edit]Mayors
[edit]| Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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| Mare Beille[3] | ? | June 1815 |
| Jean Berga[3] | June 1815 | ? |
| Jean Vila | 1977 | 2021 |
| Édith Pugnet | 2021 | Current |
Population
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Notable people
[edit]The Master of Cabestany was from this area, and there is a museum dedicated to his work in the town.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cabestany.
References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Cabestany, le 11 juin 1815 , 30 January 2014
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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