Pontenx-les-Forges

Pontenx-les-Forges
Coat of arms
Pontenx-les-Forges
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Pontenx-les-Forges
Coordinates: 44°14′30″N 1°07′13″W / 44.2417°N 1.1203°WCoordinates: 44°14′30″N 1°07′13″W / 44.2417°N 1.1203°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Mimizan
Intercommunality	Mimizan
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Marc Billac
Area^1	80.62 km^2 (31.13 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	1,518
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pontenx-les-Forges 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%
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

References

• INSEE statistics