Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Apollinaire

(2020–2026) Jean-François Dodet^[1]Area

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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

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.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Apollinaire, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Ville-st-apollinaire - Structures sportives". www.ville-st-apollinaire.fr. Archived from the original on 11 November 2008.