Pujaut (French pronunciation: [pyʒo]; Occitan: Puejaut) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.

Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm (26.49 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 °C (75.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.3 °C (43.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.3 °C (13.5 °F) on 2 January 2002.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 906 —     1800 998 +1.39% 1806 1,057 +0.96% 1821 1,178 +0.73% 1831 1,297 +0.97% 1836 1,362 +0.98% 1841 1,390 +0.41% 1846 1,546 +2.15% 1851 1,533 −0.17% 1856 1,606 +0.93% 1861 1,624 +0.22% 1866 1,601 −0.28% 1872 1,546 −0.58% 1876 1,437 −1.81% 1881 1,152 −4.32% 1886 1,093 −1.05% 1891 1,101 +0.15% 1896 1,066 −0.64%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,057 −0.17% 1906 1,090 +0.62% 1911 1,094 +0.07% 1921 991 −0.98% 1926 985 −0.12% 1931 1,061 +1.50% 1936 1,037 −0.46% 1946 1,064 +0.26% 1954 1,038 −0.31% 1962 1,083 +0.53% 1968 1,219 +1.99% 1975 1,533 +3.33% 1982 2,465 +7.02% 1990 2,911 +2.10% 1999 3,242 +1.20% 2007 3,900 +2.34% 2012 4,068 +0.85% 2017 4,136 +0.33%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

• Communes of the Gard department

• Village council website (in French)