Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or

Saint-Apollinaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿apɔlinɛʁ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

Saint-Apollinaire
Commune
The central square in Saint-Apollinaire
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Apollinaire
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Coordinates: 47°19′57″N 5°05′06″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Côte-d'Or
Arrondissement	Dijon
Canton	Saint-Apollinaire
Intercommunality	Dijon Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Dodet[1]
Area 1	10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	7,517
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	21540 /21850
Elevation	215–278 m (705–912 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 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.
1936	464	—
1954	611	+1.54%
1962	1,152	+8.25%
1968	2,403	+13.04%
1975	3,795	+6.75%
1982	4,611	+2.82%
1990	5,577	+2.41%
1999	5,025	−1.15%
2007	6,134	+2.52%
2012	7,012	+2.71%
2017	7,463	+1.25%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

Sport

Saint-Apollinaire is home to a small concentration of some of the best sporting facilities in the Greater Dijon area. The sports complex to the south-east of the town is of major importance on the scale of Greater Dijon.^[5]

The town is represented in rugby union by ASC Saint Apollinaire-Talant RC, currently in Fédérale 3; the fifth tier of French rugby.

See also

• Communes of the Côte-d'Or department