Banyuls-dels-Aspres

Banyuls-dels-Aspres (French pronunciation: [baɲuls dɛl.z‿aspʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Banyuls dels Aspres [bəˈɲuɫs dəɫs aspɾəs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.^[3]

Banyuls-dels-Aspres Banyuls dels Aspres (Catalan)
Commune
Banyuls-dels-Aspres
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°34′00″N 2°52′05″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Les Aspres
Intercommunality	Aspres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Bernardy[1]
Area 1	10.53 km2 (4.07 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,397
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Demonym	banyulenc (ca)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66015 /66300
Elevation	41–124 m (135–407 ft) (avg. 114 m or 374 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

Banyuls-dels-Aspres is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló, as well as the subcomarca of Aspres [ca].

Map of Banyuls-dels-Aspres and its surrounding communes

History

Government and politics

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
André Marie	2001	2014
Laurent Bernardy	2014

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	724	—
1975	683	−0.83%
1982	660	−0.49%
1990	850	+3.21%
1999	1,007	+1.90%
2007	1,154	+1.72%
2012	1,237	+1.40%
2017	1,259	+0.35%
Source: INSEE[4]

The inhabitants are called Banyulencs in French.

Sites of interest

Saint-Andrew church

• Saint-Andrew church, first mentioned in 1091 but rebuilt in the 15th century.

Notable people

• Henri Ey (1900-1977) : psychiatrist and philosopher born in Banyuls-dels-Aspres.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department