Caixas

Commune in Occitania, France

Caixas Caixàs / Queixàs
Commune
The Chapel of Sainte-Marie de Fontcouverte, in the commune of Caixas The Chapel of Sainte-Marie de Fontcouverte, in the commune of Caixas
Location of Caixas Map
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Coordinates: 42°35′02′′N 2°41′02′′E / 42.5839°N 2.6839°E / 42.5839; 2.6839
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Francis Ausseil^[1]
Area ¹	28.11 km² (10.85 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	131
• Density	4.7/km² (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66029 /66300
Elevation	199–774 m (653–2,539 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Caixas (French pronunciation: [kaʃas] ⁱ; Catalan: Queixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

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Localisation

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Caixas is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Caixas and its surrounding communes

Government and politics

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Mayors

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Mayor	Term start	Term end
Francis Ausseil	1995	2001
Alain Doutres	2001	2018
Francis Ausseil	2018

Population

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