Poussan

Poussan
Commune
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Poussan
Poussan Show map of France Poussan Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°29′22″N 3°40′15″E / 43.4894°N 3.6708°E / 43.4894; 3.6708
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Mèze
Intercommunality	CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florence Sanchez[1]
Area ^1	30.08 km^2 (11.61 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	6,797
• Density	226.0/km^2 (585.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34213 /34560
Elevation	0–286 m (0–938 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

General view from southeast.

Poussan (French pronunciation: [pusɑ̃]; Occitan: Poçan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,319 —     1800 1,483 +1.69% 1806 1,649 +1.78% 1821 1,764 +0.45% 1831 1,916 +0.83% 1836 1,827 −0.95% 1841 1,931 +1.11% 1846 1,986 +0.56% 1851 1,990 +0.04% 1856 1,959 −0.31% 1861 2,066 +1.07% 1866 2,245 +1.68% 1872 2,261 +0.12% 1876 2,333 +0.79% 1881 1,958 −3.44% 1886 1,910 −0.50% 1891 2,055 +1.47% 1896 2,313 +2.39%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,416 +0.88% 1906 2,226 −1.62% 1911 2,046 −1.67% 1921 2,067 +0.10% 1926 1,943 −1.23% 1931 1,911 −0.33% 1936 1,753 −1.71% 1946 1,430 −2.02% 1954 1,568 +1.16% 1962 1,625 +0.45% 1968 1,894 +2.59% 1975 2,103 +1.51% 1982 2,728 +3.79% 1990 3,505 +3.18% 1999 4,044 +1.60% 2007 4,644 +1.74% 2012 5,811 +4.59% 2017 5,972 +0.55%
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). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Poussan, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE