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Cabestany

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Cabestany

Total population

10,338

Air quality index

23Good
Elevation0 m
Land area10.42 km²
Coordinates42.68°, 2.94°

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City facts

Elevation
0 m
Area
10.42 km²
head of government
Édith Pugnet
Official website
www.ville-cabestany.fr

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cabestany is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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History & geography

Geography

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.

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Geography

Latitude
42.6800
Longitude
2.9403
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
23
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
4.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
8.6
Ozone (µg/m³)
39
NO₂ (µg/m³)
4.8

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
261,696
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Sardinian Warbler
    Sylvia melanocephala (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    7,330
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    6,498
  • Common Wood-Pigeon
    Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    6,425
  • European Serin
    Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    5,847
  • European Starling
    Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,526
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5,478
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5,331
  • European Goldfinch
    Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5,190

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
156
Largest magnitude
4.5
Largest event
2004-09-21

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Occitanie

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.07
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,487

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
160
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cabestany, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
66028
Department
66
Region
76
Population (Wikidata)
10,465

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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr