Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or

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 km^2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	7,490
• Density	730/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Apollinaire, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Ville-st-apollinaire - Structures sportives". www.ville-st-apollinaire.fr. Archived from the original on 11 November 2008.