Pomps

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Pomps
Commune
Location of Pomps
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Coordinates: 43°29′32″N 0°32′25″W / 43.4922°N 0.5403°W / 43.4922; -0.5403
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Artix et Pays de Soubestre
Intercommunality	Luys en Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Fourquet[1]
Area 1	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	299
• Density	38/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64450 /64370
Elevation	90–138 m (295–453 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pomps (French pronunciation: [pɔms]; Occitan: Poms) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.

Geography[edit]

Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn and Pau.

Transportation[edit]

Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

Neighboring Communities[edit]

• Morlanne to the north
• Hagetaubin to the northwest
• Géus-d'Arzacq and Bouillon to the east
• Arthez-de-Béarn to the east
• Arnos to the south east
• Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) to the southwest
• Doazon to the south

History[edit]

The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.^[3]

Administration[edit]

Demographics[edit]

For statistical purposes, Pomps is considered a part of the functional urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Pau.^[4] An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois in French.^[5]

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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