Pomps

Pomps
Pomps
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Pomps
Coordinates: 43°29′32″N 0°32′25″W / 43.4922°N 0.5403°W / 43.4922; -0.5403Coordinates: 43°29′32″N 0°32′25″W / 43.4922°N 0.5403°W / 43.4922; -0.5403
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Arzacq-Arraziguet
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton d'Arzacq
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Fourquet
Area¹	7.77 km² (3.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	219
• Density	28/km² (73/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	64450 / 64370
Elevation	90–138 m (295–453 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pomps is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France. An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois.^[1]

Geography

Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn and Pau.

Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.^[2]

Mayors of Pomps

Took Office	Left Office	Name	Party Affiliation
1971	1995	Laurent Camguilem	Unknown
1995	2008	Claude Forquet	Unknown
2008	2014	Claude Forquet	Unknown

Population of Pomps by Year

For the purposes of the French Census, Pomps is considered a part of the Urban Area of Pau.

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