Parentis-en-Born

Parentis-en-Born (French pronunciation: [paʁɑ̃tis ɑ̃ bɔʁn]; Occitan: Parentís) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Parentis-en-Born
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Parentis-en-Born
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Coordinates: 44°21′00″N 1°04′24″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Françoise Nadau[1]
Area 1	111.55 km2 (43.07 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,463
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40217 /40160
Elevation	20–57 m (66–187 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It has one of the biggest oil reserves of continental western Europe. The Biscarrosse – Parentis Airport is located in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,453 —     1800 1,440 −0.13% 1806 1,181 −3.25% 1821 1,604 +2.06% 1831 1,735 +0.79% 1836 1,740 +0.06% 1841 1,788 +0.55% 1846 1,918 +1.41% 1851 1,946 +0.29% 1856 2,030 +0.85% 1861 2,049 +0.19% 1866 2,028 −0.21% 1872 1,966 −0.52% 1876 1,921 −0.58% 1881 1,814 −1.14% 1886 1,930 +1.25% 1891 1,941 +0.11% 1896 1,964 +0.24%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,075 +1.11% 1906 2,147 +0.68% 1911 2,165 +0.17% 1921 1,948 −1.05% 1926 1,908 −0.41% 1931 1,824 −0.90% 1936 1,785 −0.43% 1946 1,855 +0.39% 1954 2,159 +1.92% 1962 2,490 +1.80% 1968 3,769 +7.15% 1975 4,036 +0.98% 1982 4,076 +0.14% 1990 4,056 −0.06% 1999 4,429 +0.98% 2007 4,951 +1.40% 2012 5,513 +2.17% 2017 6,236 +2.50%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department
• Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis