Pezens

Pezens
The chapel in Pezens
Location of Pezens
Pezens
Pezens
Coordinates: 43°15′19″N 2°15′57″E / 43.2553°N 2.2658°E / 43.2553; 2.2658
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentAude
ArrondissementCarcassonne
CantonLa Malepère à la Montagne Noire
IntercommunalityCarcassonne Agglo
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Fau[1]
Area
1
11.11 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,598
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
11288 /11170
Elevation103–154 m (338–505 ft)
(avg. 117 m or 384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pezens (French pronunciation: [pəzɛ̃s] ; Occitan: Pesens) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 934—    
1975 1,212+3.79%
1982 1,087−1.54%
1990 1,090+0.03%
1999 1,114+0.24%
2009 1,290+1.48%
2014 1,453+2.41%
2020 1,584+1.45%
Source: INSEE[3]

The inhabitants are known as Pezenois in French.

See also

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 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE