Hontanx

Hontanx
Commune
Location of Hontanx
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Coordinates: 43°49′32″N 0°16′21″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Adour Armagnac
Intercommunality	Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Dejean[1]
Area ^1	30.48 km^2 (11.77 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	613
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40127 /40190
Elevation	77–137 m (253–449 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hontanx (French pronunciation: [ɔ̃tɑ̃ks]; Occitan: Hontans) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	582	—
1975	501	−2.12%
1982	504	+0.09%
1990	513	+0.22%
1999	533	+0.43%
2009	554	+0.39%
2014	553	−0.04%
2020	616	+1.81%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE