Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

(2020–2026) Christophe Sueur^[1]Area

40.55 km² (15.66 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,627 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17385 /17310

Elevation0–15 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') 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^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ 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