Poussan
Commune
Castle
Castle
Coat of arms of Poussan
Coat of arms
Location of Poussan
Poussan is located in France
Poussan
Poussan
Poussan is located in Occitanie
Poussan
Poussan
Coordinates: 43°29′22″N 3°40′15″E / 43.4894°N 3.6708°E / 43.4894; 3.6708
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHérault
ArrondissementMontpellier
CantonMèze
IntercommunalityCA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Florence Sanchez[1]
Area
1
30.08 km2 (11.61 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
6,283
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
34213 /34560
Elevation0–286 m (0–938 ft)
(avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
General view from southeast.

Poussan (French pronunciation: [pusɑ̃]; Occitan: Poçan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,319—    
1800 1,483+1.69%
1806 1,649+1.78%
1821 1,764+0.45%
1831 1,916+0.83%
1836 1,827−0.95%
1841 1,931+1.11%
1846 1,986+0.56%
1851 1,990+0.04%
1856 1,959−0.31%
1861 2,066+1.07%
1866 2,245+1.68%
1872 2,261+0.12%
1876 2,333+0.79%
1881 1,958−3.44%
1886 1,910−0.50%
1891 2,055+1.47%
1896 2,313+2.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,416+0.88%
1906 2,226−1.62%
1911 2,046−1.67%
1921 2,067+0.10%
1926 1,943−1.23%
1931 1,911−0.33%
1936 1,753−1.71%
1946 1,430−2.02%
1954 1,568+1.16%
1962 1,625+0.45%
1968 1,894+2.59%
1975 2,103+1.51%
1982 2,728+3.79%
1990 3,505+3.18%
1999 4,044+1.60%
2007 4,644+1.74%
2012 5,811+4.59%
2017 5,972+0.55%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Poussan, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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