Saint-Hippolyte, Pyrénées-Orientales

Saint-Hippolyte

The church in Saint-Hippolyte

Coat of arms
Saint-Hippolyte

Coordinates: 42°47′06″N 2°58′02″E / 42.785°N 2.9672°E / 42.785; 2.9672Coordinates: 42°47′06″N 2°58′02″E / 42.785°N 2.9672°E / 42.785; 2.9672
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
Intercommunality Perpignan Méditerranée
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Madeleine Garcia-Vidal
Area1 14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,849
  Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 66176 / 66510
Elevation 0–11 m (0–36 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 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.

Saint-Hippolyte (Catalan: Sant Hipòlit de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Hippolyte is located in the canton of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Hippolyte and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

Signature of mayor Étienne Masnou in 1815

Mayors

Mayor Term start Term end
Étienne Masnou[1] ? june 1815
Pierre Gari[1] june 1815 ?
Michel Montagne 2001 2014
Madeleine Garcia-Vidal 2014

Population

Population 1962-2008

See also

References

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