Pierrelatte

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Alain Gallu^[1]Area49.56 km² (19.14 sq mi)Population13,799 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation46–61 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. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

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

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

References