Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
	Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
	Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie
	Coordinates: 44°02′46″N 4°26′31″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Uzès
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yvon Bonzi
Area 1	24.06 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	3,054
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30295 /30700
Elevation	82–272 m (269–892 ft) ; (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

History

The suffix Poterie (English: pottery) was added to the town's name in 1886 following a decree signed by Jules Grévy, then President of the French Republic.[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,349	—
1968	1,356	+0.5%
1975	1,510	+11.4%
1982	1,753	+16.1%
1990	2,290	+30.6%
1999	2,731	+19.3%
2008	2,914	+6.7%

Personalities

Joseph Monier, the inventor of reinforced concrete used in construction, was born in the village in 1823. The town's marketplace has a reinforced concrete covering.

References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"SAINT-QUENTIN-LA-POTERIE, UN VILLAGE CHARGE D'HISTOIRE" (in French). Archived from the original on 10 Aug 2010. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

External links

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] "SAINT-QUENTIN-LA-POTERIE, UN VILLAGE CHARGE D'HISTOIRE" (in French). Archived from the original on 10 Aug 2010. Retrieved 2012-10-13.