Pomps

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Pomps
Location of Pomps
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Pomps is located in France
Pomps
Pomps
Pomps is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pomps
Pomps
Coordinates: 43°29′32″N 0°32′25″W / 43.4922°N 0.5403°W / 43.4922; -0.5403
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonArtix et Pays de Soubestre
IntercommunalityLuys en Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Fourquet[1]
Area
1
7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
299
 • Density38/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64450 /64370
Elevation90–138 m (295–453 ft)
(avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pomps (French pronunciation: [pɔms]; Occitan: Poms) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.[3]

Geography

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Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn and Pau.

Transportation

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Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

Neighboring Communities

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History

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The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.[4]

Administration

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Mayors of Pomps
Took office Left office Name
1971 1995 Laurent Camguilhem
1995 incumbent Claude Fourquet

Demographics

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For statistical purposes, Pomps is considered a part of the functional urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.[3] An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois in French.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 311—    
1800 319+0.36%
1806 378+2.87%
1821 359−0.34%
1831 415+1.46%
1836 400−0.73%
1841 414+0.69%
1846 406−0.39%
1851 401−0.25%
1856 430+1.41%
1861 389−1.98%
1866 347−2.26%
1872 346−0.05%
1876 322−1.78%
1881 345+1.39%
1886 310−2.12%
1891 308−0.13%
1896 282−1.75%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 293+0.77%
1906 275−1.26%
1911 266−0.66%
1921 227−1.57%
1926 208−1.73%
1931 216+0.76%
1936 222+0.55%
1946 203−0.89%
1954 211+0.48%
1962 226+0.86%
1968 197−2.26%
1975 173−1.84%
1982 173+0.00%
1990 176+0.22%
1999 179+0.19%
2007 225+2.90%
2012 263+3.17%
2017 290+1.97%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Commune de Pomps, INSEE
  4. ^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
  5. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pomps, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE



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