Tarnos

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2024–2026) Marc Mabillet^[1]Area26.26 km² (10.14 sq mi)Population12,920 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation0–53 m (0–174 ft)
(avg. 44 m or 144 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tarnos (French pronunciation: [taʁnɔs] ^ⓘ; Basque: Tarnose; Occitan: Tarnòs) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Geography

Tarnos is in the far southwest corner of the department, 5 km north of Bayonne.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,315 —     1800 1,327 +0.13% 1806 1,555 +2.68% 1821 2,002 +1.70% 1831 2,324 +1.50% 1836 2,514 +1.58% 1841 2,651 +1.07% 1846 2,760 +0.81% 1851 2,937 +1.25% 1856 3,112 +1.16% 1861 1,657 −11.84% 1866 1,738 +0.96% 1872 1,788 +0.47% 1876 1,739 −0.69% 1881 1,796 +0.65% 1886 2,530 +7.09% 1891 2,645 +0.89% 1896 3,071 +3.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,617 +3.33% 1906 3,630 +0.07% 1911 3,774 +0.78% 1921 3,902 +0.33% 1926 4,087 +0.93% 1931 4,250 +0.79% 1936 4,012 −1.15% 1946 3,911 −0.25% 1954 4,255 +1.06% 1962 4,813 +1.55% 1968 5,054 +0.82% 1975 6,959 +4.68% 1982 8,219 +2.41% 1990 9,099 +1.28% 1999 10,076 +1.14% 2007 11,154 +1.28% 2012 12,423 +2.18% 2017 12,264 −0.26%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References