Pierrelatte
Commune
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
Coat of arms of Pierrelatte
Coat of arms
Location of Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte is located in France
Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte
Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E / 44.3783°N 4.6964°E / 44.3783; 4.6964
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementNyons
CantonLe Tricastin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Gallu[1]
Area
1
49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
13,799
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26235 /26700
Elevation46–61 m (151–200 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pierrelatte (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁlat]; Occitan: Pèiralata) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Since the 1980s it hosts one of the biggest production plants of the enriched uranium existing in the world, used both for civil and military purposes.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,789—    
1800 2,536−1.35%
1806 2,462−0.49%
1821 2,867+1.02%
1831 3,447+1.86%
1836 3,409−0.22%
1841 3,430+0.12%
1846 3,537+0.62%
1851 3,483−0.31%
1856 3,453−0.17%
1861 3,512+0.34%
1866 3,539+0.15%
1872 3,577+0.18%
1876 3,579+0.01%
1881 3,291−1.66%
1886 3,223−0.42%
1891 3,184−0.24%
1896 3,218+0.21%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,121−0.61%
1906 3,319+1.24%
1911 3,246−0.44%
1921 3,170−0.24%
1926 3,252+0.51%
1931 3,307+0.34%
1936 3,176−0.81%
1946 3,237+0.19%
1954 3,448+0.79%
1962 4,251+2.65%
1968 9,757+14.85%
1975 9,816+0.09%
1982 11,596+2.41%
1990 11,770+0.19%
1999 11,943+0.16%
2007 12,571+0.64%
2012 12,952+0.60%
2017 13,496+0.83%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Franco Fabiani (14 April 1987). "Nucleare: anche la Francia trema" [Nuclear energy: the France trembles]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Paris.
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pierrelatte, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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