Caixas

Caixas

Caixàs / Queixàs
Caixas Caixàs / Queixàs
Commune
	The Chapel of Sainte-Marie de Fontcouverte, in the commune of Caixas
	Caixas Caixas
	Coordinates: 42°35′02″N 2°41′02″E / 42.5839°N 2.6839°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Francis Ausseil
Area 1	28.11 km2 (10.85 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66029 /66300
Elevation	199–774 m (653–2,539 ft) ; (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caixas (French pronunciation: [kaʃas] <phonos file="LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-Caixas.wav"></phonos>; Catalan: Queixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Localisation

Caixas is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Francis Ausseil	1995	2001
Alain Doutres	2001	2018
Francis Ausseil	2018

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	67	—
1975	58	−2.04%
1982	61	+0.72%
1990	84	+4.08%
1999	95	+1.38%
2007	112	+2.08%
2012	133	+3.50%
2017	142	+1.32%
Source: INSEE^[2]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[pophist-2] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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