Le Château-d'Oléron

Le Château-d'Oléron
Commune
Art and craft shops in Le Château-d'Oléron
Art and craft shops in Le Château-d'Oléron
Coat of arms of Le Château-d'Oléron
Coat of arms
Location of Le Château-d'Oléron
Le Château-d'Oléron is located in France
Le Château-d'Oléron
Le Château-d'Oléron
Le Château-d'Oléron is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Château-d'Oléron
Le Château-d'Oléron
Coordinates: 45°53′09″N 1°11′41″W / 45.8858°N 1.1947°W / 45.8858; -1.1947
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
ArrondissementRochefort
CantonÎle d'Oléron
IntercommunalityÎle-d'Oléron
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Parent[1]
Area
1
15.67 km2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
4,359
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
17093 /17480
Elevation0–10 m (0–33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Château-d'Oléron (French pronunciation: [lə ʃɑto dɔleʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Lo Chasteu d'Olairon, before 1962: Le Château)[3] is a commune located on the Island of Oléron, in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.

The town is surrounded by fortifications in the form of a Bastion fort (similar to a "star fort".)

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,251—    
1800 2,558+1.84%
1806 2,735+1.12%
1821 2,632−0.26%
1831 2,527−0.41%
1836 2,644+0.91%
1841 2,485−1.23%
1846 2,542+0.45%
1851 2,632+0.70%
1856 3,003+2.67%
1861 2,920−0.56%
1866 3,211+1.92%
1872 3,328+0.60%
1876 2,850−3.80%
1881 3,132+1.90%
1886 3,007−0.81%
1891 3,458+2.83%
1896 3,573+0.66%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,803+1.26%
1906 3,334−2.60%
1911 3,734+2.29%
1921 3,142−1.71%
1926 3,018−0.80%
1931 3,061+0.28%
1936 3,281+1.40%
1946 2,864−1.35%
1954 2,870+0.03%
1962 3,171+1.25%
1968 3,254+0.43%
1975 3,324+0.30%
1982 3,411+0.37%
1990 3,544+0.48%
1999 3,552+0.03%
2007 3,949+1.33%
2012 3,949+0.00%
2017 4,184+1.16%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]
  • Le Château-d'Oléron, 1703 military mock-up
    Le Château-d'Oléron, 1703 military mock-up
  • The main gate of the citadel
    The main gate of the citadel
  • Old oyster farmers' huts renewed and converted into arts and crafts shops
    Old oyster farmers' huts renewed and converted into arts and crafts shops

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Décret du 2 mars 1962 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0055, 7 March 1962, p. 2308.
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Château-d'Oléron, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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