Pierrelatte
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Pierrelatte
|commune status = Commune
|image = Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Pierrelatte.jpg
|caption = The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Pierrelatte
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pierrelatte (Drôme).svg
|arrondissement = Nyons
|canton = Le Tricastin
|INSEE = 26235
|postal code = 26700
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|44.3783|4.6964|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 60
|elevation min m = 46
|elevation max m = 61
|area km2 = 49.56
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Pierrelatte ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁlat}}; {{langx|oc|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.{{cite news | url = https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/04/14/nucleare-anche-la-francia-trema.html | title = Nucleare: anche la Francia trema | trans-title = Nuclear energy: the France trembles | author = Franco Fabiani | author-link = Finmeccanica | language = Italian | journal = La Repubblica | date = April 14, 1987 | location = Paris}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|26816|Pierrelatte}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-26235#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2789
|1800 |2536
|1806 |2462
|1821 |2867
|1831 |3447
|1836 |3409
|1841 |3430
|1846 |3537
|1851 |3483
|1856 |3453
|1861 |3512
|1866 |3539
|1872 |3577
|1876 |3579
|1881 |3291
|1886 |3223
|1891 |3184
|1896 |3218
|1901 |3121
|1906 |3319
|1911 |3246
|1921 |3170
|1926 |3252
|1931 |3307
|1936 |3176
|1946 |3237
|1954 |3448
|1962 |4251
|1968 |9757
|1975 |9816
|1982 |11596
|1990 |11770
|1999 |11943
|2007 |12571
|2012 |12952
|2017 |13496
}}
Personalities
- Jean Aurenche, screenwriter (1903-1992)
- Agnès Callamard, human rights activist and the current Secretary General of Amnesty International (born 1963){{cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20240921/agnes-callamard-aterrador-maquinas-matar-amnistia-internacional-israel-gaza-rusia-ucrania-guerra-108367919|title=Agnès Callamard (Amnistía Internacional): "No estamos lejos de máquinas que maten sin intervención humana. Y eso es aterrador"|website=El Periódico|date=2024-09-21|access-date=2024-12-20|language=es|url-access=subscription}}
- Jérôme Bernard, racing cyclist (born 1971)
- Cédric Séguin, fencer (born 1973)
- Anthony Cellier, French politician (born 1975)
- David Guerrier, classical trumpeter (born 1984)
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Pierrelatte (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present)
|Jan record high C = 20.6
|Feb record high C = 22.5
|Mar record high C = 26.6
|Apr record high C = 29.9
|May record high C = 33.8
|Jun record high C = 40.7
|Jul record high C = 40.2
|Aug record high C = 41.1
|Sep record high C = 37.0
|Oct record high C = 30.0
|Nov record high C = 24.9
|Dec record high C = 19.7
|Jan record low C = -12.5
|Feb record low C = -9.2
|Mar record low C = -8.7
|Apr record low C = -3.5
|May record low C = 1.1
|Jun record low C = 4.8
|Jul record low C = 9.6
|Aug record low C = 8.7
|Sep record low C = 3.0
|Oct record low C = -1.3
|Nov record low C = -5.8
|Dec record low C = -9.7
|Jan high C = 9.4
|Feb high C = 11.1
|Mar high C = 15.6
|Apr high C = 18.8
|May high C = 23.0
|Jun high C = 27.4
|Jul high C = 30.3
|Aug high C = 30.0
|Sep high C = 24.8
|Oct high C = 19.5
|Nov high C = 13.4
|Dec high C = 9.7
| year high C = 19.4
|Jan mean C = 5.8
|Feb mean C = 6.8
|Mar mean C = 10.4
|Apr mean C = 13.3
|May mean C = 17.3
|Jun mean C = 21.4
|Jul mean C = 24.0
|Aug mean C = 23.7
|Sep mean C = 19.4
|Oct mean C = 15.1
|Nov mean C = 9.8
|Dec mean C = 6.4
| year mean C = 14.4
|Jan low C = 2.3
|Feb low C = 2.5
|Mar low C = 5.2
|Apr low C = 7.7
|May low C = 11.5
|Jun low C = 15.4
|Jul low C = 17.6
|Aug low C = 17.4
|Sep low C = 14.0
|Oct low C = 10.7
|Nov low C = 6.2
|Dec low C = 3.0
| year low C = 9.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 61.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 38.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 46.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 65.4
|May precipitation mm = 68.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 44.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 40.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 50.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 102.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 110.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 111.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 53.3
|year precipitation mm = 795.2
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 5.9
| Feb precipitation days = 4.8
| Mar precipitation days = 4.9
| Apr precipitation days = 7.3
| May precipitation days = 6.7
| Jun precipitation days = 4.7
| Jul precipitation days = 3.8
| Aug precipitation days = 4.1
| Sep precipitation days = 5.8
| Oct precipitation days = 7.5
| Nov precipitation days = 8.3
| Dec precipitation days = 6.1
| year precipitation days =70.0
|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web
|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=26235001
|title=Normales et records pour Pierrelatte (26)
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=14 December 2024}}}}
See also
References
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{{Drôme communes}}
{{Authority control}}
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