Poujols

Poujols is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Poujols
Commune
Location of Poujols
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Coordinates: 43°45′55″N 3°19′30″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Lodève
Canton	Lodève
Intercommunality	Lodévois - Larzac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Caylar
Area ^1	2.86 km^2 (1.10 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	164
• Density	57/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34212 /34700
Elevation	192–652 m (630–2,139 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grand Rue in Poujols.jpg

Population

At the 2016 census the Population of the municipality was 163 inhabitants a rise of 8.67% from the 2011 census, creating a population densité of 57 inhabitants/km².

The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. From 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by INSEE. The census is now based on an annual collection of information, successively covering all municipal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey of the whole population is carried out every five years, the legal populations of the intermediate years being estimated by interpolation or extrapolation.[2] For the municipality, the first comprehensive census within the framework of the new system was carried out in 2005.[3]

The town reached peak population in the half a century following the French revolution but dwindled to a low following the Second World War, but has seen some growth in the early 21st century.

Population - Municipality

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	267	—
1800	184	−31.1%
1806	320	+73.9%
1821	288	−10.0%
1831	289	+0.3%
1836	305	+5.5%
1841	277	−9.2%
1846	297	+7.2%
1851	278	−6.4%
1856	300	+7.9%
1861	304	+1.3%
1866	258	−15.1%
1872	242	−6.2%
1876	221	−8.7%
1881	222	+0.5%
1891	200	−9.9%
1896	175	−12.5%
1906	168	−4.0%
1911	144	−14.3%
1921	145	+0.7%
1926	131	−9.7%
1931	116	−11.5%
1936	120	+3.4%
1946	115	−4.2%
1954	98	−14.8%
1962	97	−1.0%
1968	105	+8.2%
1975	113	+7.6%
1982	120	+6.2%
1990	127	+5.8%
1999	125	−1.6%
2008	155	+24.0%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2383265
3. https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2383410