title: Saint-Faust
text: # Saint-Faust
  
  Saint-Faust (French pronunciation: ​; Occitan: Sent Haust) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
  
  ## History
  
  French historian Paul Raymond wrote that in 1385, Saint-Faust and its annex Laroin had 89 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.
  
  Monhauba is an old hamlet of Saint-Faust, destroyed in 1778 when the Gave de Pau river flooded.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) areas of Jurançon and Béarn for wine and that of Ossau-Iraty for cheese.
  
  ## Population
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1793 | 764 | — |
  | 1800 | 753 | −0.21% |
  | 1806 | 793 | +0.87% |
  | 1821 | 803 | +0.08% |
  | 1831 | 915 | +1.31% |
  | 1836 | 874 | −0.91% |
  | 1841 | 855 | −0.44% |
  | 1846 | 815 | −0.95% |
  | 1851 | 820 | +0.12% |
  | 1856 | 792 | −0.69% |
  | 1861 | 745 | −1.22% |
  | 1866 | 690 | −1.52% |
  | 1872 | 701 | +0.26% |
  | 1876 | 740 | +1.36% |
  | 1881 | 758 | +0.48% |
  | 1886 | 763 | +0.13% |
  | 1891 | 740 | −0.61% |
  | 1896 | 716 | −0.66% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1901 | 701 | −0.42% |
  | 1906 | 677 | −0.69% |
  | 1911 | 683 | +0.18% |
  | 1921 | 568 | −1.83% |
  | 1926 | 532 | −1.30% |
  | 1931 | 481 | −2.00% |
  | 1936 | 471 | −0.42% |
  | 1946 | 432 | −0.86% |
  | 1954 | 424 | −0.23% |
  | 1962 | 458 | +0.97% |
  | 1968 | 413 | −1.71% |
  | 1975 | 437 | +0.81% |
  | 1982 | 554 | +3.45% |
  | 1990 | 658 | +2.17% |
  | 1999 | 730 | +1.16% |
  | 2007 | 754 | +0.41% |
  | 2012 | 765 | +0.29% |
  | 2017 | 746 | −0.50% |
  
  Source: EHESS and INSEE :
  
  