Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Landes

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ vɛ̃sɑ̃ də pɔl]) (Occitan: Sent Vincenç de Pau) is a commune in Landes, a department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Commune
Town hall
Location of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Show map of France Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°44′52″N 0°59′51″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Dax-1
Intercommunality	CA Grand Dax
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Bédat[1]
Area 1	32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,384
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40283 /40990
Elevation	2–70 m (6.6–229.7 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The village was formerly called Pouy. It was renamed in 1828 after Saint Vincent de Paul, who was born there.^[4][5]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 445 —     1821 664 +1.44% 1846 1,011 +1.70% 1872 1,683 +1.98% 1901 1,664 −0.04% 1926 1,632 −0.08% 1946 1,489 −0.46% 1962 1,515 +0.11%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,557 +0.46% 1975 1,584 +0.25% 1982 1,696 +0.98% 1990 1,775 +0.57% 1999 2,141 +2.10% 2007 2,896 +3.85% 2012 3,063 +1.13% 2017 3,126 +0.41%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department