Saujon

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saujon

(2020–2026) Pascal Ferchaud^[1]Area

18.01 km² (6.95 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

7,183 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

17421 /17600

Elevation0–20 m (0–66 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saujon (French pronunciation: [soʒɔ̃]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,524	—
1800	2,200	+5.38%
1806	2,200	+0.00%
1821	1,837	−1.19%
1831	2,122	+1.45%
1836	2,279	+1.44%
1841	2,217	−0.55%
1846	2,444	+1.97%
1851	2,564	+0.96%
1856	2,826	+1.96%
1861	2,889	+0.44%
1866	2,957	+0.47%
1872	2,891	−0.38%
1876	3,039	+1.26%
1881	3,130	+0.59%
1886	3,292	+1.01%
1891	3,132	−0.99%
1896	3,222	+0.57%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	3,355	+0.81%
1906	3,155	−1.22%
1911	3,137	−0.11%
1921	2,852	−0.95%
1926	2,963	+0.77%
1931	3,015	+0.35%
1936	3,063	+0.32%
1946	3,469	+1.25%
1954	3,182	−1.07%
1962	3,428	+0.94%
1968	3,801	+1.74%
1975	4,426	+2.20%
1982	4,777	+1.10%
1990	4,891	+0.30%
1999	5,392	+1.09%
2007	6,404	+2.17%
2012	7,008	+1.82%
2017	7,165	+0.44%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saujon, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE