Bélesta
Belhestar | |
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Coordinates: 42°43′06″N 2°36′28″E / 42.7183°N 2.6078°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | La Vallée de l'Agly |
Intercommunality | Roussillon-Conflent |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Frédéric Bourniole [1] |
Area 1 | 20.52 km2 (7.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 212 |
• Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
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. |
Bélesta (French pronunciation: [belɛsta] ; Occitan: Bèl Estar; Catalan: Bellestar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Bélesta is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.
Mayor | Term start | Term end |
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Jacques Biles [3] | ? | June 1815 |
Baptiste Pugnaud [3] | June 1815 | ? |
Gilbert Bourniole | 2001 | 2007 |
Roger Morin | 2007 | 2014 |
Frédéric Bourniole | 2014 |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 312 | — |
1975 | 262 | −2.46% |
1982 | 247 | −0.84% |
1990 | 223 | −1.27% |
1999 | 215 | −0.41% |
2007 | 214 | −0.06% |
2012 | 225 | +1.01% |
2017 | 221 | −0.36% |
Source: INSEE [4] |