Cabestany

Cabestany
Commune
The town hall in Cabestany
Coat of arms
Location of Cabestany
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Coordinates: 42°40′52″N 2°56′36″E / 42.6811°N 2.9433°E / 42.6811; 2.9433
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Perpignan-3
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Édith Pugnet[1]
Area 1	10.42 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	10,465
• Density	1,004/km2 (2,601/sq mi)
Demonym	cabestanyenc (ca)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66028 /66330
Elevation	0–53 m (0–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
Website	ville-cabestany.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cabestany (French pronunciation: [kabɛstani] ^ⓘ; Catalan pronunciation: [kəβəsˈtaɲ]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Cabestany is located in the canton of Perpignan-3 and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló.

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,346 —     1975 3,390 +14.11% 1982 6,221 +9.06% 1990 7,513 +2.39% 1999 8,259 +1.06% 2007 8,395 +0.20% 2012 9,399 +2.29% 2017 10,106 +1.46% 2023 10,465 +0.58% Source: INSEE[4]

The Master of Cabestany was from this area, and there is a museum dedicated to his work in the town.

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• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department