Baho

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Baho

(2020–2026) Patrick Got^[1]Area

7.90 km² (3.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,327 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

66012 /66540

Elevation34–90 m (112–295 ft)
(avg. 39 m or 128 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baho (French pronunciation: [ba.o] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Bao) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Geography

Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end

Antoine Morat^[4]	?	June 1815
François Sauret Jr.^[4]	June 1815	?

Guy Casadevall	1983	2008
Patrick Got	2008

Population

The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,068	—
1975	1,449	+4.45%
1982	1,672	+2.07%
1990	2,027	+2.44%
1999	2,490	+2.31%
2007	2,928	+2.05%
2012	3,221	+1.93%
2017	3,217	−0.02%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Sites of interest

Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrénées-Orientales)

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ ^a ^b (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Baho, le 23 juin 1815, 18 january 2014
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE