Pierrelatte

Pierrelatte (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁlat]; 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.^[3]

Pierrelatte
Commune
The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
Coat of arms
Location of Pierrelatte
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Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Le Tricastin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Gallu[1]
Area 1	49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	13,909
• Density	280/km2 (730/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,789 —     1800 2,536 −1.35% 1806 2,462 −0.49% 1821 2,867 +1.02% 1831 3,447 +1.86% 1836 3,409 −0.22% 1841 3,430 +0.12% 1846 3,537 +0.62% 1851 3,483 −0.31% 1856 3,453 −0.17% 1861 3,512 +0.34% 1866 3,539 +0.15% 1872 3,577 +0.18% 1876 3,579 +0.01% 1881 3,291 −1.66% 1886 3,223 −0.42% 1891 3,184 −0.24% 1896 3,218 +0.21%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,121 −0.61% 1906 3,319 +1.24% 1911 3,246 −0.44% 1921 3,170 −0.24% 1926 3,252 +0.51% 1931 3,307 +0.34% 1936 3,176 −0.81% 1946 3,237 +0.19% 1954 3,448 +0.79% 1962 4,251 +2.65% 1968 9,757 +14.85% 1975 9,816 +0.09% 1982 11,596 +2.41% 1990 11,770 +0.19% 1999 11,943 +0.16% 2007 12,571 +0.64% 2012 12,952 +0.60% 2017 13,496 +0.83%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

• Jean Aurenche, screenwriter (1903-1992)
• Agnès Callamard, human rights activist and the current Secretary General of Amnesty International (born 1963)^[6]
• Jérôme Bernard, racing cyclist (born 1971)
• Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
• Anthony Cellier, French politician (born 1975)
• David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)

Climate

Climate data for Pierrelatte (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.6 (69.1)	22.5 (72.5)	26.6 (79.9)	29.9 (85.8)	33.8 (92.8)	40.7 (105.3)	40.2 (104.4)	41.1 (106.0)	37.0 (98.6)	30.0 (86.0)	24.9 (76.8)	19.7 (67.5)	41.1 (106.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.4 (48.9)	11.1 (52.0)	15.6 (60.1)	18.8 (65.8)	23.0 (73.4)	27.4 (81.3)	30.3 (86.5)	30.0 (86.0)	24.8 (76.6)	19.5 (67.1)	13.4 (56.1)	9.7 (49.5)	19.4 (66.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	6.8 (44.2)	10.4 (50.7)	13.3 (55.9)	17.3 (63.1)	21.4 (70.5)	24.0 (75.2)	23.7 (74.7)	19.4 (66.9)	15.1 (59.2)	9.8 (49.6)	6.4 (43.5)	14.4 (57.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.3 (36.1)	2.5 (36.5)	5.2 (41.4)	7.7 (45.9)	11.5 (52.7)	15.4 (59.7)	17.6 (63.7)	17.4 (63.3)	14.0 (57.2)	10.7 (51.3)	6.2 (43.2)	3.0 (37.4)	9.5 (49.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−12.5 (9.5)	−9.2 (15.4)	−8.7 (16.3)	−3.5 (25.7)	1.1 (34.0)	4.8 (40.6)	9.6 (49.3)	8.7 (47.7)	3.0 (37.4)	−1.3 (29.7)	−5.8 (21.6)	−9.7 (14.5)	−12.5 (9.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	61.9 (2.44)	38.5 (1.52)	46.2 (1.82)	65.4 (2.57)	68.9 (2.71)	44.7 (1.76)	40.4 (1.59)	50.9 (2.00)	102.6 (4.04)	110.6 (4.35)	111.8 (4.40)	53.3 (2.10)	795.2 (31.31)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.9	4.8	4.9	7.3	6.7	4.7	3.8	4.1	5.8	7.5	8.3	6.1	70.0
Source: Meteociel[7]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department
• Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant
• Georges-Besse plant