Pissos

Pissos is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.

Pissos
Commune
Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Richet
Location of Pissos
Pissos Pissos
Coordinates: 44°18′36″N 0°46′38″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Denis Saintorens
Area ^1	140.75 km^2 (54.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,441
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40227 /40410
Elevation	30–79 m (98–259 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 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 1,539 —     1806 1,477 −4.0% 1821 1,190 −19.4% 1831 1,925 +61.8% 1841 2,066 +7.3% 1851 2,262 +9.5% 1861 1,951 −13.7% 1872 1,886 −3.3% 1881 1,711 −9.3% 1891 1,698 −0.8% 1901 1,718 +1.2% 1911 1,638 −4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,429 −12.8% 1931 1,359 −4.9% 1946 1,050 −22.7% 1954 928 −11.6% 1962 906 −2.4% 1968 827 −8.7% 1975 809 −2.2% 1982 834 +3.1% 1990 970 +16.3% 1999 1,097 +13.1% 2008 1,275 +16.2% 2013 1,389 +8.9%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department
• Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne

References

• INSEE statistics

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