Pierrelatte

Pierrelatte
Commune
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
Coat of arms
Pierrelatte Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Pierrelatte
Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Le Tricastin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Le Bellec
Area1	49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	12,893
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pierrelatte (Occitan: Pèiralata) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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%
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, was born here in 1973.
• David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

References

• INSEE