Piriac-sur-Mer

Piriac-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [piʁjak syʁ mɛʁ] ^ⓘ, literally Piriac on Sea; Breton: Penc'herieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Piriac-sur-Mer
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Piriac-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 47°22′51″N 2°32′42″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Saint-Nazaire
Canton	Guérande
Intercommunality	CA Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Emmanuelle Dacheux[1]
Area 1	12.37 km2 (4.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,516
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	44125 /44420
Elevation	0–36 m (0–118 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,054 —     1821 1,056 +0.01% 1846 1,266 +0.73% 1872 1,310 +0.13% 1901 1,301 −0.02% 1926 1,166 −0.44% 1946 1,109 −0.25% 1962 1,127 +0.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,134 +0.10% 1975 1,110 −0.31% 1982 1,263 +1.86% 1990 1,442 +1.67% 1999 1,898 +3.10% 2007 2,273 +2.28% 2012 2,173 −0.90% 2017 2,245 +0.65%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• La Baule - Guérande Peninsula
• Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
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 Piriac-sur-Mer, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE