Baixas
# Baixas

Baixas (French pronunciation: (listen); Catalan: Baixàs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

## Geography

### Localisation

Baixas is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Places adjacent to Baixas :

Cases-de-Pène

Espira-de-l'Agly

Calce

Baixas

Peyrestortes

Villeneuve-la-Rivière

Baho

Saint-Estève :

## Government and politics

### Mayors

| Mayor | Term start | Term end |
| - | - | - |
| Vaquer | ? | June 1815 |
| Honoré Tarrieux | June 1815 | ? |
| Désiré Bobo | 1896 | 1904 |
| Henri Thomas | 1904 | 1919 |
| Jules Bonzoms | 1919 | 1925 |
| Jacques Frigola | 1925 | 1944 |
| Robert Cantier | 1944 | 1947 |
| Georges Bobo | 1947 | 1959 |
| Servais Bobo | 1959 | 1971 |
| Robert Frigola | 1971 | 1995 |
| Roger Torreilles | 1995 | 2001 |
| Gilles Foxonet | 2001 | |

## Notable people

* Andrzej Szpilman (1956-), Polish composer living partly in Baixas.
