Jacou

Jacou
Town hall
Coat of arms
Jacou
Location within Languedoc-Roussillon region Jacou
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Canton	Castries
Intercommunality	Montpellier
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Renaud Calvat
Area1	3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	4,882
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	34120 / 34830
Elevation	45–85 m (148–279 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Jacou (Occitan: Jacon) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.

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Population

In 2012, the town had 5 658 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the town since 1793. From of the 21st century, censuses of the towns of less than 10 000 inhabitants take place every five years, unlike other cities that have a sample survey each year.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	81	—
1800	61	−24.7%
1806	92	+50.8%
1821	85	−7.6%
1831	88	+3.5%
1836	90	+2.3%
1841	117	+30.0%
1846	111	−5.1%
1851	145	+30.6%
1856	138	−4.8%
1861	132	−4.3%
1866	145	+9.8%
1872	153	+5.5%
1876	141	−7.8%
1881	134	−5.0%
1886	120	−10.4%
1891	125	+4.2%
1896	124	−0.8%
1901	160	+29.0%
1906	164	+2.5%
1911	152	−7.3%
1921	175	+15.1%
1926	159	−9.1%
1931	179	+12.6%
1936	160	−10.6%
1946	209	+30.6%
1954	241	+15.3%
1962	223	−7.5%
1968	247	+10.8%
1975	1,259	+409.7%
1982	1,774	+40.9%
1990	3,795	+113.9%
1999	4,757	+25.3%
2008	4,882	+2.6%

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

• INSEE