Saint-Palais-sur-Mer

Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
Place du Rhâ
Coat of arms
Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 45°38′38″N 1°05′13″W / 45.6439°N 1.0869°WCoordinates: 45°38′38″N 1°05′13″W / 45.6439°N 1.0869°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	La Tremblade
Intercommunality	Royan Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Baudin
Area^1	15.69 km^2 (6.06 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	3,890
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17380 / 17420
Elevation	0–50 m (0–164 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 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.

Saint-Palais-sur-Mer is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	748	—
1800	720	−3.7%
1806	741	+2.9%
1821	729	−1.6%
1831	760	+4.3%
1836	762	+0.3%
1841	781	+2.5%
1846	807	+3.3%
1851	802	−0.6%
1856	810	+1.0%
1861	815	+0.6%
1866	763	−6.4%
1872	798	+4.6%
1876	756	−5.3%
1881	791	+4.6%
1886	824	+4.2%
1891	797	−3.3%
1896	820	+2.9%
1901	895	+9.1%
1906	930	+3.9%
1911	1,044	+12.3%
1921	1,082	+3.6%
1926	1,164	+7.6%
1931	1,207	+3.7%
1936	1,262	+4.6%
1946	2,479	+96.4%
1954	2,252	−9.2%
1962	2,192	−2.7%
1968	2,209	+0.8%
1975	2,127	−3.7%
1982	2,370	+11.4%
1990	2,736	+15.4%
1999	3,343	+22.2%
2008	3,890	+16.4%

Gallery

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  Saint-Palais-sur-Mer in Charente-Maritime

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See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE