Pomps

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Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Canton Arzacq-Arraziguet		Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arrondissement Pau

Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton d'Arzacq

Pomps is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France. An individual from Pomps is known as Pompsois.

Geography

Pomps is located in the northeast of the département, and lies about 20 kilometers to the north of the cities of Béarn and Pau.

Pomps is served by county roads (French: "routes départmentales") 945 and 946.

Morlanne to the north

Hagetaubin to the northwest

Géus-d'Arzacq and Bouillon to the east

Arthez-de-Béarn to the east

Arnos to the south east

Castillon (Canton d'Arthez-de-Béarn) to the southwest

Doazon to the south

The name of the commune of Pomps has appeared throughout time as Poms in the 14th century, and later, in the year 1443, as Pombs.

Mayors of Pomps

Population of Pomps by Year

For the purposes of the French Census, Pomps is considered a part of the Urban Area of Pau.

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