Les Mathes

Les Mathes
Les Mathes

Coordinates: 45°43′05″N 1°08′49″W / 45.7181°N 1.1469°W / 45.7181; -1.1469Coordinates: 45°43′05″N 1°08′49″W / 45.7181°N 1.1469°W / 45.7181; -1.1469
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement Rochefort
Canton La Tremblade
Intercommunality Royan Atlantique
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Robert Jono
Area1 34.38 km2 (13.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,698
  Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 17225 / 17570
Elevation 0–40 m (0–131 ft)
(avg. 35 m or 115 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.

Les Mathes is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

The commune includes the beach resort La Palmyre, and the Palmyre Zoo.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793554    
1800511−7.8%
1806486−4.9%
1821510+4.9%
1831616+20.8%
1836615−0.2%
1841700+13.8%
1846702+0.3%
1851711+1.3%
1856746+4.9%
1861786+5.4%
1866830+5.6%
1872831+0.1%
1876875+5.3%
1881835−4.6%
1886829−0.7%
1891860+3.7%
1896878+2.1%
1901889+1.3%
1906880−1.0%
1911854−3.0%
1921795−6.9%
1926754−5.2%
1931732−2.9%
1936772+5.5%
1946878+13.7%
1954794−9.6%
1962806+1.5%
1968836+3.7%
1975898+7.4%
19821,005+11.9%
19901,205+19.9%
19991,452+20.5%
20081,698+16.9%

See also

References

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