Pourrières

Pourrières (French pronunciation: [puʁjɛʁ]; Occitan: Porrièras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Pourrières
Commune
A general view of the village
Coat of arms
Location of Pourrières
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Coordinates: 43°30′12″N 5°44′00″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Var
Arrondissement	Brignoles
Canton	Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
Intercommunality	CA Provence Verte
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sébastien Bourlin[1]
Area 1	56.32 km2 (21.75 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,620
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	83097 /83910
Elevation	239–872 m (784–2,861 ft) (avg. 302 m or 991 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	980	—
1975	1,270	+3.77%
1982	1,718	+4.41%
1990	2,631	+5.47%
1999	3,985	+4.72%
2007	4,443	+1.37%
2012	4,543	+0.45%
2017	5,155	+2.56%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

It is the home town of the French poet Germain Nouveau.

Jacqueline Eymar, classical pianist born in 1922, died in Pourrières in 2008.

See also

• Communes of the Var department