Saint-Georges-de-Didonne

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne

(2020–2026) François Richaud^[1]Area

10.58 km² (4.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,170 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17333 /17110

Elevation0–45 m (0–148 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)Website[1]¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ də didɔn]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.^[3]

An important seaside resort of Royan and the coast of Beauty, on the right bank of the mouth of the Gironde estuary and adjacent Atlantic Ocean, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne is a major economic and tourist centers of royannaise metropolitan city which it is now becoming a residential suburb. It has a population of 5,342 inhabitants (2019) - to over 50,000 people during the summer season - and is part of the agglomeration community of Royan Atlantique with 83,661 inhabitants (2019).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	697	—
1800	702	+0.10%
1806	632	−1.74%
1821	768	+1.31%
1831	808	+0.51%
1836	909	+2.38%
1841	934	+0.54%
1846	905	−0.63%
1851	884	−0.47%
1856	905	+0.47%
1861	920	+0.33%
1866	964	+0.94%
1872	972	+0.14%
1876	1,081	+2.69%
1881	1,127	+0.84%
1886	1,251	+2.11%
1891	1,211	−0.65%
1896	1,355	+2.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,409	+0.78%
1906	1,454	+0.63%
1911	1,541	+1.17%
1921	1,522	−0.12%
1926	1,782	+3.20%
1931	1,743	−0.44%
1936	2,004	+2.83%
1946	2,626	+2.74%
1954	3,391	+3.25%
1962	3,388	−0.01%
1968	3,680	+1.39%
1975	3,983	+1.14%
1982	4,287	+1.06%
1990	4,705	+1.17%
1999	5,034	+0.75%
2007	5,040	+0.01%
2012	5,054	+0.06%
2017	5,360	+1.18%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Notable people

Jean-Michel Coulon, Abstract painter
Colette Besson, Athlete
Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Virologist

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune de Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333), INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE