Tartas

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Tartas

(2020–2026) Jean-François Broqueres^[1]Area

30.37 km² (11.73 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,191 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40313 /40400

Elevation10–68 m (33–223 ft)
(avg. 22 m or 72 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tartas (French pronunciation: [taʁtas]; Occitan: Tartàs) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,477	—
1821	2,648	+0.24%
1846	3,039	+0.55%
1872	2,991	−0.06%
1901	3,039	+0.05%
1926	2,641	−0.56%
1946	2,635	−0.01%
1962	2,950	+0.71%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,952	+0.01%
1975	3,078	+0.60%
1982	2,958	−0.57%
1990	2,769	−0.82%
1999	2,844	+0.30%
2007	2,891	+0.21%
2012	3,182	+1.94%
2017	3,260	+0.49%

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

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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tartas, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE