Saint-Faust#Population

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Saint-Faust

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Saint-Faust de bas et propriété de M. Burgué.jpg

|caption = The church of Saint-Faust and a vineyard

|arrondissement = Pau

|canton = Billère et Coteaux de Jurançon

|INSEE = 64478

|postal code = 64110

|mayor = Patrick Rousselet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées

|coordinates = {{coord|43.269|-0.450|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 186

|elevation min m = 170

|elevation max m = 386

|area km2 = 13.51

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Saint-Faust ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ fost}}; {{langx|oc|Sent Haust}}) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64478-saint-faust INSEE commune file]

History

File:Map commune FR insee code 64478.png

French historian Paul Raymond wrote that in 1385, Saint-Faust and its annex Laroin had 89 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Monhauba is an old hamlet of Saint-Faust, destroyed in 1778 when the Gave de Pau river flooded.Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque

Economy

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) areas of Jurançon and Béarn for wine and that of Ossau-Iraty for cheese.

Population

{{Historical populations

| 1793 | 764

| 1800 | 753

| 1806 | 793

| 1821 | 803

| 1831 | 915

| 1836 | 874

| 1841 | 855

| 1846 | 815

| 1851 | 820

| 1856 | 792

| 1861 | 745

| 1866 | 690

| 1872 | 701

| 1876 | 740

| 1881 | 758

| 1886 | 763

| 1891 | 740

| 1896 | 716

| 1901 | 701

| 1906 | 677

| 1911 | 683

| 1921 | 568

| 1926 | 532

| 1931 | 481

| 1936 | 471

| 1946 | 432

| 1954 | 424

| 1962 | 458

| 1968 | 413

| 1975 | 437

| 1982 | 554

| 1990 | 658

| 1999 | 730

| 2007|754

| 2012|765

| 2017|746

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|31722|Saint-Faust}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64478#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| cols = 2

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See also

References

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Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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