Poussan

Poussan
Commune
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Poussan
Poussan Poussan
Coordinates: 43°29′22″N 3°40′15″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Mèze
Intercommunality	CA Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Adge
Area 1	30.08 km2 (11.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,283
• Density	210/km2 (540/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

General view from southeast.

Poussan is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,319	—
1800	1,483	+12.4%
1806	1,649	+11.2%
1821	1,764	+7.0%
1831	1,916	+8.6%
1836	1,827	−4.6%
1841	1,931	+5.7%
1846	1,986	+2.8%
1851	1,990	+0.2%
1856	1,959	−1.6%
1861	2,066	+5.5%
1866	2,245	+8.7%
1872	2,261	+0.7%
1876	2,333	+3.2%
1881	1,958	−16.1%
1886	1,910	−2.5%
1891	2,055	+7.6%
1896	2,313	+12.6%
1901	2,416	+4.5%
1906	2,226	−7.9%
1911	2,046	−8.1%
1921	2,067	+1.0%
1926	1,943	−6.0%
1931	1,911	−1.6%
1936	1,753	−8.3%
1946	1,430	−18.4%
1954	1,568	+9.7%
1962	1,625	+3.6%
1968	1,894	+16.6%
1975	2,103	+11.0%
1982	2,728	+29.7%
1990	3,505	+28.5%
1999	4,044	+15.4%
2008	4,821	+19.2%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department