Pourrières

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

(2020–2026) Sébastien Bourlin^[1]Area56.32 km² (21.75 sq mi)Population5,474 • Density97/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation239–872 m (784–2,861 ft)
(avg. 302 m or 991 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pourrières (French pronunciation: [puʁjɛʁ]; Occitan: Porrièras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	980	—
1975	1,270	+3.77%
1982	1,718	+4.41%
1990	2,631	+5.47%
1999	3,985	+4.72%
2007	4,443	+1.37%
2012	4,543	+0.45%
2017	5,155	+2.56%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

It is the home town of the French poet Germain Nouveau.

Jacqueline Eymar, classical pianist born in 1922, died in Pourrières in 2008.

See also

• Communes of the Var department

References