Peyrehorade

Peyrehorade
Commune
Château de Montréal
Coat of arms
Location of Peyrehorade
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Coordinates: 43°32′46″N 1°05′49″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Orthe et Arrigans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Sakellarides[1]
Area ^1	16.11 km^2 (6.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,673
• Density	230/km^2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40224 /40300
Elevation	2–140 m (6.6–459.3 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peyrehorade (French pronunciation: [pɛjʁəoʁad]; Occitan: Pèirahorada) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3] Peyrehorade station has rail connections to Bayonne, Pau and Tarbes.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,940 —     1821 2,103 +0.29% 1846 2,630 +0.90% 1872 2,503 −0.19% 1901 2,597 +0.13% 1926 2,377 −0.35% 1946 2,181 −0.43% 1962 2,584 +1.07%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,591 +0.05% 1975 2,861 +1.43% 1982 3,093 +1.12% 1990 3,056 −0.15% 1999 3,017 −0.14% 2007 3,477 +1.79% 2012 3,613 +0.77% 2017 3,695 +0.45%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Peyrehorade, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE