Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or

Saint-Apollinaire
The central square in Saint-Apollinaire
The central square in Saint-Apollinaire
Coat of arms of Saint-Apollinaire
Location of Saint-Apollinaire
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Saint-Apollinaire is located in France
Saint-Apollinaire
Saint-Apollinaire
Saint-Apollinaire is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Apollinaire
Saint-Apollinaire
Coordinates: 47°19′57″N 5°05′06″E / 47.3325°N 5.085°E / 47.3325; 5.085
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentCôte-d'Or
ArrondissementDijon
CantonSaint-Apollinaire
IntercommunalityDijon Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Dodet[1]
Area
1
10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
7,490
 • Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
21540 /21850
Elevation215–278 m (705–912 ft)
(avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Apollinaire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿apɔlinɛʁ]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1936 464—    
1954 611+1.54%
1962 1,152+8.25%
1968 2,403+13.04%
1975 3,795+6.75%
1982 4,611+2.82%
1990 5,577+2.41%
1999 5,025−1.15%
2007 6,134+2.52%
2012 7,012+2.71%
2017 7,463+1.25%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Sport[edit]

Saint-Apollinaire is home to a small concentration of some of the best sporting facilities in the Greater Dijon area. The sports complex to the south-east of the town is of major importance on the scale of Greater Dijon.[5]

The town is represented in rugby union by ASC Saint Apollinaire-Talant RC, currently in Fédérale 3; the fifth tier of French rugby.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". 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-Apollinaire, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Ville-st-apollinaire - Structures sportives". www.ville-st-apollinaire.fr. Archived from the original on 11 November 2008.