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Pierrelatte
Pierrelatte
Commune
	The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pierrelatte
	Pierrelatte Pierrelatte
	Coordinates: 44°22′42″N 4°41′47″E / 44.3783°N 4.6964°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Nyons
Canton	Le Tricastin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Gallu
Area 1	49.56 km2 (19.14 sq mi)
Population (2022)	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.

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]

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)
Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
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^[6]