Pouillon, Landes

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pouillon

(2020–2026) Patrick Vilhem^[1]Area

49.74 km² (19.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,128 • Density63/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40233 /40350

Elevation183–121 m (600–397 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,940	—
1821	3,114	−0.84%
1846	3,360	+0.30%
1872	3,302	−0.07%
1901	3,342	+0.04%
1926	3,014	−0.41%
1946	2,795	−0.38%
1962	2,502	−0.69%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,450	−0.35%
1975	2,425	−0.15%
1982	2,477	+0.30%
1990	2,596	+0.59%
1999	2,685	+0.38%
2007	2,782	+0.44%
2012	2,953	+1.20%
2017	3,072	+0.79%

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

Twin towns

Daroca, Spain

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). 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 Pouillon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE