Bompas (Pyrénées-Orientales)

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Bompas
Bompàs
Coat of arms of Bompas
Bompas (France)
Bompas
region Occitania
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Perpignan
Canton Perpignan-2
Community association Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Coordinates 42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′  N , 2 ° 56 ′  E
height 9-20 m
surface 5.7 km 2
Residents 7,254 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,273 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 66430
INSEE code
Website http://www.bompas.fr

Town Hall ( Hôtel de ville )

Bompas is a southern French municipality in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region and has 7254 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Bompas belongs to the Arrondissement of Perpignan and the Canton of Perpignan-2 . The inhabitants are called Bompassencqs .

geography

Bompas is not far from the Golfe du Lion on the north bank of the Têt . Bompas is surrounded by the neighboring communities Claira in the north and north-east, Villelongue-de-la-Salanque in the east, Perpignan in the south and west and Pia in the north and north-west.

Population development

  • 1962: 1474
  • 1968: 1693
  • 1975: 1951
  • 1982: 4670
  • 1990: 6323
  • 1999: 6944
  • 2006: 7125
  • 2017: 7254

Attractions

  • Saint-Etienne church
  • Ruins of the old château

Web links

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