Saint-Paul-lès-Dax

Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl lɛ daks], literally Saint-Paul near Dax; Gascon: Sent Pau d'Acs) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
Commune
Christus Lake
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
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Coordinates: 43°43′35″N 1°03′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Dax-1
Intercommunality	CA Grand Dax
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Bazus[1]
Area 1	58.45 km2 (22.57 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	14,114
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40279 /40990
Elevation	2–61 m (6.6–200.1 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 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 1,013 —     1800 685 −5.44% 1806 1,078 +7.85% 1821 1,324 +1.38% 1831 1,708 +2.58% 1836 1,775 +0.77% 1841 2,027 +2.69% 1846 2,432 +3.71% 1851 3,022 +4.44% 1856 3,704 +4.15% 1861 2,817 −5.33% 1866 2,861 +0.31% 1872 3,019 +0.90% 1876 3,061 +0.35% 1881 3,240 +1.14% 1886 3,514 +1.64% 1891 3,614 +0.56% 1896 3,642 +0.15%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,720 +0.42% 1906 3,656 −0.35% 1911 3,948 +1.55% 1921 3,718 −0.60% 1926 3,870 +0.80% 1931 3,956 +0.44% 1936 4,025 +0.35% 1946 4,225 +0.49% 1954 4,316 +0.27% 1962 5,037 +1.95% 1968 5,795 +2.36% 1975 8,220 +5.12% 1982 9,028 +1.35% 1990 9,452 +0.58% 1999 10,226 +0.88% 2007 12,025 +2.05% 2012 13,139 +1.79% 2017 13,413 +0.41%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department