Cabestany
Commune in Occitania, France
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Cabestany (French pronunciation: [kabɛstani] ⓘ; Catalan pronunciation: [kəβəsˈtaɲ]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Perpignan |
| Canton | Perpignan-3 |
| Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | 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. | |
Geography
Localisation
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.
Government and politics
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.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cabestany.
