Cases-de-Pène

Cases-de-Pène
A general view of Cases-de-Pène
Coat of arms
Cases-de-Pène
Location within Occitanie region  Cases-de-Pène
Coordinates: 42°46′49″N 2°47′16″E / 42.7803°N 2.7878°ECoordinates: 42°46′49″N 2°47′16″E / 42.7803°N 2.7878°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Rivesaltes
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Théophile Martinez
Area^1	13.38 km^2 (5.17 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	858
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	66041 / 66600
Elevation	36–362 m (118–1,188 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cases-de-Pène (Catalan: Les Cases de Pena) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Cases-de-Pène is located in the canton of Rivesaltes and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Cases-de-Pène and its surrounding communes

Politics and administration

Mayors

Mayor	Term start	Term end
Michèle Jodar	?	2001
Jeannine Rolland	2001	2008
Théophile Martinez	2008

Population and society

Demography

Population 1962-2008

Education

The town of Cases-de-Pène has a kindergarten and elementary school, with about 112 children.^[1]

Following a conflict between the mayor and the teacher in 1908, as she refused to resign, the mayor had a brickwall built in front of the school's entrance to force her to leave.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

References

• INSEE

1. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, École primaire publique de Cases-de-Pène
2. Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8. OCLC 893847466.