Poilhes

Poilhes
Commune
Houseboat on the Canal du Midi
Coat of arms
Location of Poilhes
Poilhes Poilhes
Coordinates: 43°18′30″N 3°04′40″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
Intercommunality	Canal Lirou
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Viguier
Area 1	5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	535
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34206 /34310
Elevation	0–115 m (0–377 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Poilhes (/pɔj/) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	110	—
1800	147	+33.6%
1806	119	−19.0%
1821	141	+18.5%
1831	155	+9.9%
1836	147	−5.2%
1841	203	+38.1%
1846	219	+7.9%
1851	241	+10.0%
1856	215	−10.8%
1861	226	+5.1%
1866	230	+1.8%
1872	240	+4.3%
1876	292	+21.7%
1881	353	+20.9%
1886	390	+10.5%
1891	439	+12.6%
1896	557	+26.9%
1901	623	+11.8%
1906	624	+0.2%
1911	507	−18.8%
1921	535	+5.5%
1926	524	−2.1%
1931	534	+1.9%
1936	495	−7.3%
1946	482	−2.6%
1954	443	−8.1%
1962	506	+14.2%
1968	504	−0.4%
1975	405	−19.6%
1982	451	+11.4%
1990	517	+14.6%
1999	507	−1.9%
2008	514	+1.4%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE