Saint-Faust

Saint-Faust (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fost]; Occitan: Sent Haust) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.^[3]

Saint-Faust
Commune
The church of Saint-Faust and a vineyard
Location of Saint-Faust
Saint-Faust Show map of France Saint-Faust Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°16′08″N 0°27′00″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Billère et Coteaux de Jurançon
Intercommunality	CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Rousselet[1]
Area 1	13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	740
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64478 /64110
Elevation	170–386 m (558–1,266 ft) (avg. 186 m or 610 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Map of the area. Pau is to the northeast, and Jurançon is to the east of Saint-Faust.

French historian Paul Raymond wrote that in 1385, Saint-Faust and its annex Laroin had 89 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Monhauba is an old hamlet of Saint-Faust, destroyed in 1778 when the Gave de Pau river flooded.^[4]

Economy

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) areas of Jurançon and Béarn for wine and that of Ossau-Iraty for cheese.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 764 —     1800 753 −0.21% 1806 793 +0.87% 1821 803 +0.08% 1831 915 +1.31% 1836 874 −0.91% 1841 855 −0.44% 1846 815 −0.95% 1851 820 +0.12% 1856 792 −0.69% 1861 745 −1.22% 1866 690 −1.52% 1872 701 +0.26% 1876 740 +1.36% 1881 758 +0.48% 1886 763 +0.13% 1891 740 −0.61% 1896 716 −0.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 701 −0.42% 1906 677 −0.69% 1911 683 +0.18% 1921 568 −1.83% 1926 532 −1.30% 1931 481 −2.00% 1936 471 −0.42% 1946 432 −0.86% 1954 424 −0.23% 1962 458 +0.97% 1968 413 −1.71% 1975 437 +0.81% 1982 554 +3.45% 1990 658 +2.17% 1999 730 +1.16% 2007 754 +0.41% 2012 765 +0.29% 2017 746 −0.50%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE[6]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department