Gaas, Landes

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Gaas

(2020–2026) Isabelle Cazenave^[1]Area

9.13 km² (3.53 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

471 • Density52/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

40101 /40350

Elevation17–87 m (56–285 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gaas (French pronunciation: [ɡas]; Occitan: Gars) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It consists of 496 residents as of 2017, with 237 residences. It has a population density of 54 people/km squared.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	349	—
1975	305	−1.91%
1982	320	+0.69%
1990	342	+0.83%
1999	364	+0.70%
2007	462	+3.02%
2012	498	+1.51%
2017	496	−0.08%
2019	480	−1.63%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Comparateur de territoire: Commune de Gaas (40101)". INSEE. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE