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Les Mathes

Coordinates: 45°43′05″N 1°08′49″W / 45.7181°N 1.1469°W

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Les Mathes
Commune
The town hall in Les Mathes
Location of Les Mathes
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Coordinates: 45°43′05″N 1°08′49″W / 45.7181°N 1.1469°W / 45.7181; -1.1469
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	La Tremblade
Intercommunality	CA Royan Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Bascle^[1]
Area ¹	34.38 km² (13.27 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,179
• Density	63/km² (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17225 /17570
Elevation	0–40 m (0–131 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Mathes (French pronunciation: [le mat]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

The commune includes the beach resort La Palmyre, and the Palmyre Zoo.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	554	—
1800	511	−1.15%
1806	486	−0.83%
1821	510	0.32%
1831	616	1.91%
1836	615	−0.03%
1841	700	2.62%
1846	702	0.06%
1851	711	0.26%
1856	746	0.97%
1861	786	1.05%
1866	830	1.10%
1872	831	0.02%
1876	875	1.30%
1881	835	−0.93%
1886	829	−0.14%
1891	860	0.74%
1896	878	0.42%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	889	0.25%
1906	880	−0.20%
1911	854	−0.60%
1921	795	−0.71%
1926	754	−1.05%
1931	732	−0.59%
1936	772	1.07%
1946	878	1.29%
1954	794	−1.25%
1962	806	0.19%
1968	836	0.61%
1975	898	1.03%
1982	1,005	1.62%
1990	1,205	2.29%
1999	1,452	2.09%
2007	1,675	1.80%
2012	1,741	0.78%
2017	1,974	2.54%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Gallery

See also

Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Mathes, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

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Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

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