Saint-Faust

Saint-Faust is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Saint-Faust
Commune
The church of Saint-Faust and a vineyard
Location of Saint-Faust
Saint-Faust
Saint-Faust
Coordinates: 43°16′08″N 0°27′00″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonBillère et Coteaux de Jurançon
IntercommunalityCA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean Mourlane
Area
1
13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
746
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64478 /64110
Elevation170–386 m (558–1,266 ft)
(avg. 186 m or 610 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History
Map of the area. Pau is to the northeast, and Jurançon is to the east of Saint-Faust.

French historian Paul Raymond wrote that in 1385, Saint-Faust and its annex Laroin had 89 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Monhauba is an old hamlet of Saint-Faust, destroyed in 1778 when the Gave de Pau river flooded.[2]

Economy

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) areas of Jurançon and Béarn for wine and that of Ossau-Iraty for cheese.

Population
Population by date[3]
Year Population
1793764
1800753
1806793
1820—
1821803
1831915
1836874
1841855
1846815
1851820
1856792
1861745
1866690
1872701
1876740
1881758
1886763
1891740
1896716
1901701
1906677
1911683
1921568
1926532
1931481
1936471
1946432
1954424
1962458
1968413
1975437
1982554
1990658
1999730
2004—
2007754

Saint-Faust is a small town.

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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
  3. For the census of 1962 to 1999 the official population corresponds with the population without duplicates according to the INSEE.



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