Baho

Baho
Commune
The town hall in Baho
Coat of arms
Baho
Location within Occitanie region  Baho
Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E / 42.7011; 2.8231Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 2°49′23″E / 42.7011°N 2.8231°E / 42.7011; 2.8231
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	Le Ribéral
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Patrick Got
Area1	7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,221
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	66012 /66540
Elevation	34–90 m (112–295 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baho (Catalan: Baó) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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

The inhabitants are called Bahotencs.

Baho is the site of an ancient fort. In the 10th century, Baho was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Pyrénées-Orientales)