Soustons

Soustons
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Soustons
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Coordinates: 43°45′09″N 1°19′42″W / 43.7525°N 1.3283°W / 43.7525; -1.3283
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Marensin Sud
Intercommunality	Maremne-Adour-Côte-Sud
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédérique Charpenel[1]
Area ^1	100.38 km^2 (38.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,445
• Density	84.13/km^2 (217.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40310 /40140
Elevation	0–62 m (0–203 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Soustons (French pronunciation: [sustɔ̃]; Occitan: Soston) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,504 —     1800 2,578 +0.42% 1806 2,516 −0.40% 1821 2,247 −0.75% 1831 2,508 +1.10% 1836 2,560 +0.41% 1841 2,783 +1.68% 1846 2,846 +0.45% 1851 3,123 +1.87% 1856 3,164 +0.26% 1861 3,285 +0.75% 1866 3,582 +1.75% 1872 3,458 −0.59% 1876 3,578 +0.86% 1881 3,704 +0.69% 1886 3,842 +0.73% 1891 3,848 +0.03% 1896 3,902 +0.28%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,946 +0.22% 1906 3,888 −0.30% 1911 3,951 +0.32% 1921 3,711 −0.62% 1926 3,773 +0.33% 1931 3,763 −0.05% 1936 3,702 −0.33% 1946 3,923 +0.58% 1954 4,034 +0.35% 1962 4,242 +0.63% 1968 4,522 +1.07% 1975 5,127 +1.81% 1982 5,102 −0.07% 1990 5,283 +0.44% 1999 5,743 +0.93% 2007 6,941 +2.40% 2012 7,398 +1.28% 2017 7,877 +1.26%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Soustons hosts one of the LORAN-C transmitters.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Soustons, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE