Pontenx-les-Forges

Pontenx-les-Forges
Commune
Church of Saint-Martin
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 44°14′30″N 1°07′13″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Côte d'Argent
Intercommunality	Mimizan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri-Jean Raymond Thébault
Area 1	80.62 km2 (31.13 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40229 /40200
Elevation	9–56 m (30–184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontenx-les-Forges (French pronunciation: ​[pɔ̃tɛ̃ks le fɔʁʒ]; Occitan: Pontens) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 840 —     1806 740 −11.9% 1821 1,052 +42.2% 1831 1,406 +33.7% 1841 1,486 +5.7% 1851 1,712 +15.2% 1861 1,895 +10.7% 1872 1,985 +4.7% 1881 1,849 −6.9% 1891 1,905 +3.0% 1901 1,973 +3.6% 1911 1,957 −0.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,730 −11.6% 1931 1,454 −16.0% 1946 1,204 −17.2% 1954 1,246 +3.5% 1962 1,373 +10.2% 1968 1,218 −11.3% 1975 1,223 +0.4% 1982 1,192 −2.5% 1990 1,138 −4.5% 1999 1,086 −4.6% 2008 1,387 +27.7% 2013 1,518 +9.4%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department