Pontonx-sur-l'Adour

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Pontonx-sur-l'Adour

(2020–2026) Dominique Urolategui^[1]Area

49.42 km² (19.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,932 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40230 /40465

Elevation5–75 m (16–246 ft)
(avg. 26 m or 85 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontonx-sur-l'Adour (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tɔ̃ks syʁ laduʁ], literally Pontonx on the Adour; Occitan: Pontons d'Ador) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	894	—
1821	1,137	+0.86%
1846	1,542	+1.23%
1872	1,904	+0.81%
1901	1,982	+0.14%
1926	1,785	−0.42%
1946	1,608	−0.52%
1962	1,652	+0.17%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,620	−0.33%
1975	1,659	+0.34%
1982	1,638	−0.18%
1990	1,887	+1.78%
1999	2,071	+1.04%
2007	2,367	+1.68%
2012	2,592	+1.83%
2017	2,810	+1.63%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE