Saint-Médard-en-Jalles

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ medaʁ ɑ̃ ʒal]; Occitan: Sent Medard de Jalas) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
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Coordinates: 44°53′47″N 0°42′59″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Delpeyrat[1]
Area 1	85.28 km2 (32.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	32,538
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33449 /33160
Elevation	9–48 m (30–157 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Located west-northwest of the city of Bordeaux, it is the fifth-largest suburb of the city and a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,599 —     1800 1,195 −4.08% 1806 1,277 +1.11% 1821 1,444 +0.82% 1831 1,667 +1.45% 1836 1,643 −0.29% 1841 1,822 +2.09% 1846 1,898 +0.82% 1851 1,988 +0.93% 1856 2,174 +1.80% 1861 2,315 +1.26% 1866 2,531 +1.80% 1872 2,613 +0.53% 1876 3,001 +3.52% 1881 3,272 +1.74% 1886 3,454 +1.09% 1891 3,925 +2.59% 1896 3,890 −0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,407 +2.53% 1906 4,884 +2.08% 1911 5,046 +0.65% 1921 5,277 +0.45% 1926 5,135 −0.54% 1931 5,105 −0.12% 1936 5,144 +0.15% 1946 6,037 +1.61% 1954 5,924 −0.24% 1962 6,967 +2.05% 1968 8,955 +4.27% 1975 16,265 +8.90% 1982 18,665 +1.99% 1990 22,064 +2.11% 1999 25,566 +1.65% 2007 27,243 +0.80% 2012 28,839 +1.15% 2017 31,145 +1.55%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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-Médard-en-Jalles, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)