Pierrelatte

Pierrelatte (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.[2]

Pierrelatte
Commune
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
Coat of arms
Location of Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte 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
Area ^1	49.56 km^2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	13,496
• Density	270/km^2 (710/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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)

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Franco Fabiani (April 14, 1987). "Nucleare: anche la Francia trema" [Nuclear energy: the France trembles]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Paris.