Pomps

Pomps (French pronunciation: [pɔms]; Occitan: Poms) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.^[3]

Pomps
Commune
Location of Pomps
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Coordinates: 43°29′32″N 0°32′25″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Artix et Pays de Soubestre
Intercommunality	Luys en Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Fourquet[1]
Area 1	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	297
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64450 /64370
Elevation	90–138 m (295–453 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn and Pau.

Transportation

Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

Neighboring Communities

• Morlanne to the north
• Hagetaubin to the northwest
• Géus-d'Arzacq and Bouillon to the east
• Arthez-de-Béarn to the east
• Arnos to the south east
• Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) to the southwest
• Doazon to the south

History

The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.^[4]

Administration

Mayors of Pomps

Took office	Left office	Name
1971	1995	Laurent Camguilhem
1995	incumbent	Claude Fourquet

Demographics

For statistical purposes, Pomps is considered a part of the functional urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.^[3] An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois in French.^[5]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 311 —     1800 319 +0.36% 1806 378 +2.87% 1821 359 −0.34% 1831 415 +1.46% 1836 400 −0.73% 1841 414 +0.69% 1846 406 −0.39% 1851 401 −0.25% 1856 430 +1.41% 1861 389 −1.98% 1866 347 −2.26% 1872 346 −0.05% 1876 322 −1.78% 1881 345 +1.39% 1886 310 −2.12% 1891 308 −0.13% 1896 282 −1.75%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 293 +0.77% 1906 275 −1.26% 1911 266 −0.66% 1921 227 −1.57% 1926 208 −1.73% 1931 216 +0.76% 1936 222 +0.55% 1946 203 −0.89% 1954 211 +0.48% 1962 226 +0.86% 1968 197 −2.26% 1975 173 −1.84% 1982 173 +0.00% 1990 176 +0.22% 1999 179 +0.19% 2007 225 +2.90% 2012 263 +3.17% 2017 290 +1.97%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department