Saint-Nazaire, Pyrénées-Orientales

Saint-Nazaire Sant Nazari (Catalan)
Commune
The chapel of Notre-Dame de l'Arca, in Saint-Nazaire
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire Show map of France Saint-Nazaire Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 42°40′07″N 2°59′33″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Perpignan
Canton	La Côte Sableuse
Intercommunality	Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Torrens[1] (LR)
Area ^1	10.33 km^2 (3.99 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,785
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	66186 /66570
Elevation	0–18 m (0–59 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Nazaire (French: [sɛ̃ nazɛːʁ] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Sant Nazari de Rosselló) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Geography

Saint-Nazaire is located in the canton of La Côte Sableuse and in the arrondissement of Perpignan.

Map of Saint-Nazaire and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	706	—
1975	771	+1.27%
1982	1,189	+6.38%
1990	2,048	+7.03%
1999	2,380	+1.68%
2007	2,337	−0.23%
2012	2,543	+1.70%
2017	2,688	+1.12%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales 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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE