Hagetmau

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Hagetmau

(2020–2026) Pascale Requenna^[1]Area

28.37 km² (10.95 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,620 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40119 /40700

Elevation72–142 m (236–466 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hagetmau (French pronunciation: [aʒɛtmo]) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Sights

Crypte de Saint-Girons [fr]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,284	—
1821	2,660	+0.55%
1846	3,100	+0.61%
1872	3,049	−0.06%
1901	3,123	+0.08%
1926	2,882	−0.32%
1946	2,870	−0.02%
1962	3,376	+1.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,755	+1.79%
1975	4,318	+2.02%
1982	4,514	+0.64%
1990	4,449	−0.18%
1999	4,403	−0.12%
2007	4,549	+0.41%
2012	4,546	−0.01%
2017	4,690	+0.63%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Notable residents

The sociologist Henri Lefebvre was born here in 1901.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Hagetmau, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE