Peyrehorade

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Peyrehorade

(2020–2026) Didier Sakellarides^[1]Area

16.11 km² (6.22 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,673 • Density230/km² (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40224 /40300

Elevation2–140 m (6.6–459.3 ft)
(avg. 19 m or 62 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Peyrehorade (French pronunciation: [pɛjʁəoʁad]; Occitan: Pèirahorada) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3] Peyrehorade station has rail connections to Bayonne, Pau and Tarbes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,940	—
1821	2,103	+0.29%
1846	2,630	+0.90%
1872	2,503	−0.19%
1901	2,597	+0.13%
1926	2,377	−0.35%
1946	2,181	−0.43%
1962	2,584	+1.07%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,591	+0.05%
1975	2,861	+1.43%
1982	3,093	+1.12%
1990	3,056	−0.15%
1999	3,017	−0.14%
2007	3,477	+1.79%
2012	3,613	+0.77%
2017	3,695	+0.45%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Peyrehorade, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE