Pomps is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

 département in south-western France. An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois.

Geography

Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn

Béarn

Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...

 and Pau.

Transporation

Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

Neighboring Communities

• Morlanne
  Morlanne
  Morlanne is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   to the north
• Hagetaubin
  Hagetaubin
  Hagetaubin is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   to the northwest
• Géus-d'Arzacq
  Géus-d'Arzacq
  Géus-d'Arzacq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   and Bouillon to the east
• Arthez-de-Béarn
  Arthez-de-Béarn
  Arthez-de-Béarn is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It took its name from the county of Artois like three other communes of France .In 1950, it got the -de-Béarn extension to differ from the other existing Arthès.-Twin towns:*...
  
   to the east
• Arnos
  Arnos
  Arnos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   to the south east
• Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) to the southwest
• Doazon
  Doazon
  Doazon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   to the south

Former Spellings of Pomps

The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.

Administration

Mayors of Pomps

Took Office	Left Office	Name	Party Affiliation
1971	1995	Laurent Camguilem	Unknown
1995	2008	Claude Forquet	Unknown
2008	2014	Claude Forquet	Unknown

Demographics

Population of Pomps by Year

Year	Population
1793	311
1800	319
1806	378
1821	359
1831	415
1836	400
1841	414
1846	406
1851	401
1856	430
1861	389
1866	347
1872	346
1876	322
1881	345
1886	310
1891	308
1896	282
1901	293
1906	275
1911	266
1921	227
1926	208
1931	216
1936	222
1946	203
1954	211
1962	226
1968	197
1975	173
1982	173
1990	176
1999	179
2006	219
2007	225

For the purposes of the French Census

Census in France

From the mid-17th until the beginning of the 20th century, French censuses became increasingly more frequent and organized. This article focuses on the purposes of the first censuses , how the population was conceived of, and what variables were collected...

, Pomps is considered a part of the Urban Area of Pau.