Bélesta, Pyrénées-Orientales

Bélesta

A general view of Bélesta

Coat of arms
Bélesta

Coordinates: 42°43′06″N 2°36′28″E / 42.7183°N 2.6078°E / 42.7183; 2.6078Coordinates: 42°43′06″N 2°36′28″E / 42.7183°N 2.6078°E / 42.7183; 2.6078
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Latour-de-France
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Roussillon Conflent
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Frédéric Bourniole
Area1 20.52 km2 (7.92 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 225
  Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66019 / 66720
Elevation 122–561 m (400–1,841 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bélesta (Occitan: Bèl Estar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Bélesta is located in the canton of Latour-de-France and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Bélesta and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end
Jacques Biles[1] ? June 1815
Baptiste Pugnaud[1] June 1815 ?
Gilbert Bourniole 2001 2007
Roger Morin 2007 2014
Frédéric Bourniole 2014

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962306    
1968312+2.0%
1975262−16.0%
1982247−5.7%
1990223−9.7%
1999215−3.6%
2006214−0.5%
2009219+2.3%

See also

References

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