Pierrelatte

Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte
Commune
	The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E / 44.3783°N 4.6964°ECoordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E / 44.3783°N 4.6964°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Le Tricastin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Gallu
Area 1	49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	13,452
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26235 /26700
Elevation	46–61 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

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,789	—
1800	2,536	−9.1%
1806	2,462	−2.9%
1821	2,867	+16.5%
1831	3,447	+20.2%
1836	3,409	−1.1%
1841	3,430	+0.6%
1846	3,537	+3.1%
1851	3,483	−1.5%
1856	3,453	−0.9%
1861	3,512	+1.7%
1866	3,539	+0.8%
1872	3,577	+1.1%
1876	3,579	+0.1%
1881	3,291	−8.0%
1886	3,223	−2.1%
1891	3,184	−1.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1896	3,218	+1.1%
1901	3,121	−3.0%
1906	3,319	+6.3%
1911	3,246	−2.2%
1921	3,170	−2.3%
1926	3,252	+2.6%
1931	3,307	+1.7%
1936	3,176	−4.0%
1946	3,237	+1.9%
1954	3,448	+6.5%
1962	4,251	+23.3%
1968	9,757	+129.5%
1975	9,816	+0.6%
1982	11,596	+18.1%
1990	11,770	+1.5%
1999	11,943	+1.5%
2008	12,893	+8.0%

Personalities[]

Jean Aurenche, screenwriter (1903-1992)
Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)

References[]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Franco Fabiani (April 14, 1987). "Nucleare: anche la Francia trema" [Nuclear energy: the France trembles]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Paris.