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Pontacq

Coordinates: 43°11′11″N 0°06′46″W / 43.1864°N 0.1128°W

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Pontacq
Commune
Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Pontacq
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Coordinates: 43°11′11″N 0°06′46″W / 43.1864°N 0.1128°W / 43.1864; -0.1128
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Larrazabal^[1]
Area ¹	28.85 km² (11.14 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,904
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64453 /64530
Elevation	337–488 m (1,106–1,601 ft) (avg. 358 m or 1,175 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pontacq (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tak]; Occitan: Pontac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,402	—
1975	2,328	−0.45%
1982	2,534	+1.22%
1990	2,683	+0.72%
1999	2,611	−0.30%
2007	2,820	+0.97%
2012	2,867	+0.33%
2017	2,936	+0.48%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Notable people[edit]

Joseph Barbanègre (1772–1830) - French General
Matthieu Sans (1988-) - Rugby player
Pierre Lacaze (1934-1995) - Athlete, Rugby Union & League player

See also[edit]

Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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