A clear increase of 1,554 inhabitants which resonates with that noted the previous year (between 2020 and 2021), of + 1,401 people. And which changes from the figures of previous years, often in very slight increases or larger decreases.
“It is the result of a policy for the people of Palois and of attractiveness for those who want to join us,” commented François Bayrou from Paris, with his hat as mayor and not Prime Minister, he clarified. “Before our election, the city was losing 1,000 residents per year. And this for 10 years. It was heartbreaking for me, an image of decline that we saw everywhere, even in the drop in the number of businesses. »
“A profitable strategy”
“Our choice of a policy of rebuilding the attractiveness of the city, sport, stadiums, cultural life… This all-out strategy is today proving incredibly profitable: 3,000 more inhabitants in two years! rejoices François Bayrou. And this is an indisputable result from INSEE.”
François Bayrou spoke from the Matignon salons to the Pau community council.
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“I am very happy,” the councilor finishes, “and I express my gratitude to all those who were involved in these choices and who worked with me, at the town hall, in this direction”
Since 2007 when Pau was close to 85,000 inhabitants, the city has experienced a decline – with a slight slowdown from 2013 – until reaching 75,600 in 2019. That is to say a drop of 9,350 souls in 12 years. It is only since then that the vitality of the population seems to be confirmed.
The good shape of Pau boosts the population of the agglomeration which reaches 166,794 inhabitants on January 1, 2022, or some 2,000 additional souls.
