Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

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Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
Commune
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron seen from the bell tower
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
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Coordinates: 45°56′37″N 1°18′21″W / 45.9436°N 1.3058°W / 45.9436; -1.3058
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Île d'Oléron
Intercommunality	Île-d'Oléron
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Sueur^[1]
Area ¹	40.55 km² (15.66 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	6,627
• Density	160/km² (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17385 /17310
Elevation	0–15 m (0–49 ft) (avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ dɔleʁɔ̃], lit. 'St. Peter of Oléron', before 1962: Saint-Pierre)^[3] is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. It is located on the island of Oléron. As the largest city on the island, it is widely considered to be the island's main city.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,986	—
1800	4,233	+0.86%
1806	4,066	−0.67%
1821	4,419	+0.56%
1831	4,630	+0.47%
1836	4,822	+0.82%
1841	4,769	−0.22%
1846	4,861	+0.38%
1851	4,955	+0.38%
1856	4,777	−0.73%
1861	4,981	+0.84%
1866	5,152	+0.68%
1872	4,968	−0.60%
1876	4,939	−0.15%
1881	4,954	+0.06%
1886	4,829	−0.51%
1891	4,556	−1.16%
1896	4,419	−0.61%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	4,350	−0.31%
1906	4,376	+0.12%
1911	4,322	−0.25%
1921	4,035	−0.68%
1926	3,960	−0.37%
1931	3,693	−1.39%
1936	3,553	−0.77%
1946	3,350	−0.59%
1954	3,695	+1.23%
1962	4,025	+1.08%
1968	4,258	+0.94%
1975	4,604	+1.12%
1982	4,782	+0.54%
1990	5,365	+1.45%
1999	5,944	+1.15%
2007	6,204	+0.54%
2012	6,573	+1.16%
2017	6,743	+0.51%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

See also

Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

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Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

^pref: prefecture
^subpr: subprefecture

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