Piriac-sur-Mer

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Piriac-sur-Mer

(2023–2026) Emmanuelle Dacheux^[1]Area

12.37 km² (4.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,516 • Density200/km² (530/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

44125 /44420

Elevation0–36 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.

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.

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]

References

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