Pignan

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

Pignan
Commune
A general view of Pignan
Coat of arms
Location of Pignan
Pignan Pignan
Coordinates: 43°35′07″N 3°45′45″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Pignan
Intercommunality	Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michèle Cassar
Area ^1	20.32 km^2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,019
• Density	350/km^2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34202 /34570
Elevation	29–217 m (95–712 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,414 —     1800 1,566 +10.7% 1806 1,541 −1.6% 1821 1,809 +17.4% 1831 1,889 +4.4% 1836 2,012 +6.5% 1841 1,925 −4.3% 1846 2,018 +4.8% 1851 1,903 −5.7% 1856 1,891 −0.6% 1861 1,952 +3.2% 1866 2,158 +10.6% 1872 2,166 +0.4% 1876 2,081 −3.9% 1881 1,757 −15.6% 1886 1,835 +4.4% 1891 1,882 +2.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 2,167 +15.1% 1901 2,113 −2.5% 1906 1,949 −7.8% 1911 1,859 −4.6% 1921 1,819 −2.2% 1926 1,755 −3.5% 1931 1,766 +0.6% 1936 1,644 −6.9% 1946 1,509 −8.2% 1954 1,680 +11.3% 1962 1,905 +13.4% 1968 2,216 +16.3% 1975 2,677 +20.8% 1982 3,319 +24.0% 1990 4,097 +23.4% 1999 5,665 +38.3% 2008 6,124 +8.1%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official site