Pomps

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Pomps
Commune
Location of Pomps
(2020–2026)		Claude Fourquet^[1]
Area ¹	7.77 km² (3.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	299
• Density	38/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64450 /64370
Elevation	90–138 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.

Geography

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

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

Neighboring Communities

Morlanne to the north
Hagetaubin to the northwest
Géus-d'Arzacq and Bouillon to the east
Arthez-de-Béarn to the east
Arnos to the south east
Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) to the southwest
Doazon to the south

History

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.^[3]

Administration

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

Demographics

For statistical purposes, Pomps is considered a part of the functional urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.^[4] An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
^ Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Pau (044), INSEE
^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pomps, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE