Saint-Georges-de-Didonne

Summary

Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ didɔn]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.[3]

Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne seen from the lighthouse
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne seen from the lighthouse
Coat of arms of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
Location of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
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Saint-Georges-de-Didonne is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Coordinates: 45°36′20″N 0°59′55″W / 45.6056°N 0.9986°W / 45.6056; -0.9986
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonRoyan
IntercommunalityCA Royan Atlantique
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) François Richaud[1]
Area
1
10.58 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,170
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17333 /17110
Elevation0–45 m (0–148 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
Website[1]
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

An important seaside resort of Royan and the coast of Beauty, on the right bank of the mouth of the Gironde estuary and adjacent Atlantic Ocean, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne is a major economic and tourist centers of royannaise metropolitan city which it is now becoming a residential suburb. It has a population of 5,342 inhabitants (2019) - to over 50,000 people during the summer season - and is part of the agglomeration community of Royan Atlantique with 83,661 inhabitants (2019).

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 697—    
1800 702+0.10%
1806 632−1.74%
1821 768+1.31%
1831 808+0.51%
1836 909+2.38%
1841 934+0.54%
1846 905−0.63%
1851 884−0.47%
1856 905+0.47%
1861 920+0.33%
1866 964+0.94%
1872 972+0.14%
1876 1,081+2.69%
1881 1,127+0.84%
1886 1,251+2.11%
1891 1,211−0.65%
1896 1,355+2.27%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,409+0.78%
1906 1,454+0.63%
1911 1,541+1.17%
1921 1,522−0.12%
1926 1,782+3.20%
1931 1,743−0.44%
1936 2,004+2.83%
1946 2,626+2.74%
1954 3,391+3.25%
1962 3,388−0.01%
1968 3,680+1.39%
1975 3,983+1.14%
1982 4,287+1.06%
1990 4,705+1.17%
1999 5,034+0.75%
2007 5,040+0.01%
2012 5,054+0.06%
2017 5,360+1.18%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Notable people edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333), INSEE
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
 
Saint George's church

External links edit

  •   Media related to Saint-Georges-de-Didonne at Wikimedia Commons