Saint-Hippolyte, Pyrénées-Orientales

Saint-Hippolyte (Catalan: Sant Hipòlit de la Salanca) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Saint-Hippolyte

Sant Hipòlit de la Salanca
Commune
The church in Saint-Hippolyte
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Hippolyte
Saint-Hippolyte
Saint-Hippolyte
Coordinates: 42°47′06″N 2°58′02″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentPyrénées-Orientales
ArrondissementPerpignan
CantonLa Côte Salanquaise
IntercommunalityPerpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Madeleine Garcia-Vidal
Area
1
14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,052
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
66176 /66510
Elevation0–11 m (0–36 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Hippolyte is located in the canton of La Côte Salanquaise and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Hippolyte and its surrounding communes

Government and politics
Signature of mayor Étienne Masnou in 1815

Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end
Étienne Masnou[2] ? June 1815
Pierre Gari[2] June 1815 ?
Michel Montagne 2001 2014
Madeleine Garcia-Vidal 2014

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,033—    
1975 1,044+0.15%
1982 1,038−0.08%
1990 1,616+5.69%
1999 1,849+1.51%
2007 2,327+2.92%
2012 2,719+3.16%
2017 3,052+2.34%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Saint-Hippolyte, le 31 mai 1815, 25 january 2014
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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