Cases-de-Pène
Cases-de-Pène (Catalan: Les Cases de Pena) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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Coordinates: 42°46′49″N 2°47′16″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Perpignan |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Théophile Martinez |
Area 1 | 13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 926 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66041 /66600 |
Elevation | 36–362 m (118–1,188 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geography
Localisation
Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Neighbouring communes
Politics and administration
Mayors
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Michèle Jodar | ? | 2001 |
Jeannine Rolland | 2001 | 2008 |
Théophile Martinez | 2008 |
Population and society
Demography
Education
The town of Cases-de-Pène has a kindergarten and elementary school, with about 112 children.[2]
Following a conflict between the mayor and the teacher in 1908, as she refused to resign, the mayor had a brickwall built in front of the school's entrance to force her to leave.[3]
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, École primaire publique de Cases-de-Pène
- Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.
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