Pontenx-les-Forges

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pontenx-les-Forges

(2020–2026) Henri-Jean Thébault^[1]Area

80.62 km² (31.13 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,698 • Density21/km² (55/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40229 /40200

Elevation9–56 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.

Pontenx-les-Forges (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃tɛ̃ks le fɔʁʒ];^[3]^[4] Occitan: Pontens) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[5]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,218	—
1975	1,223	+0.06%
1982	1,192	−0.37%
1990	1,138	−0.58%
1999	1,086	−0.52%
2009	1,427	+2.77%
2014	1,532	+1.43%
2020	1,673	+1.48%
Source: INSEE^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ JSP : Passion Pompiers, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 12 September 2021
^ [Intempéries : la forêt des Landes sinistrée], archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 12 September 2021
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE