Puisserguier

Puisserguier (French pronunciation: [pɥisɛʁɡje]; Languedocien: Puègserguièr) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Puisserguier
Commune
A general view of Puisserguier
Coat of arms
Location of Puisserguier
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Coordinates: 43°22′07″N 3°02′29″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Noël Badenas[1]
Area 1	28.27 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,034
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34225 /34620
Elevation	39–205 m (128–673 ft) (avg. 88 m or 289 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,218 —     1800 1,175 −0.51% 1806 1,266 +1.25% 1821 1,314 +0.25% 1831 1,610 +2.05% 1836 1,670 +0.73% 1841 1,745 +0.88% 1846 1,850 +1.18% 1851 1,828 −0.24% 1856 1,990 +1.71% 1861 2,200 +2.03% 1866 2,365 +1.46% 1872 2,574 +1.42% 1876 2,806 +2.18% 1881 2,997 +1.33% 1886 3,091 +0.62% 1891 3,516 +2.61% 1896 3,759 +1.35%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,754 −0.03% 1906 3,506 −1.36% 1911 3,526 +0.11% 1921 3,560 +0.10% 1926 3,451 −0.62% 1931 3,501 +0.29% 1936 3,271 −1.35% 1946 2,601 −2.27% 1954 2,512 −0.43% 1962 2,387 −0.64% 1968 2,385 −0.01% 1975 2,197 −1.17% 1982 2,219 +0.14% 1990 2,432 +1.15% 1999 2,482 +0.23% 2007 2,706 +1.09% 2012 2,867 +1.16% 2017 2,912 +0.31%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Puisserguier, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE