| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 3,923 | — |
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| 1800 | 3,913 | −0.04% |
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| 1806 | 4,048 | +0.57% |
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| 1821 | 3,930 | −0.20% |
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| 1831 | 4,145 | +0.53% |
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| 1836 | 3,825 | −1.59% |
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| 1841 | 3,975 | +0.77% |
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| 1846 | 4,431 | +2.20% |
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| 1851 | 4,619 | +0.83% |
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| 1856 | 4,752 | +0.57% |
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| 1861 | 4,473 | −1.20% |
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| 1866 | 4,781 | +1.34% |
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| 1872 | 4,452 | −1.18% |
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| 1876 | 4,722 | +1.48% |
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| 1881 | 4,703 | −0.08% |
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| 1886 | 4,850 | +0.62% |
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| 1891 | 4,719 | −0.55% |
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| 1896 | 4,918 | +0.83% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 4,931 | +0.05% |
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| 1906 | 5,087 | +0.62% |
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| 1911 | 5,008 | −0.31% |
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| 1921 | 4,481 | −1.11% |
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| 1926 | 4,487 | +0.03% |
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| 1931 | 4,305 | −0.82% |
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| 1936 | 4,116 | −0.89% |
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| 1946 | 3,829 | −0.72% |
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| 1954 | 4,063 | +0.74% |
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| 1962 | 4,020 | −0.13% |
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| 1968 | 4,265 | +0.99% |
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| 1975 | 4,607 | +1.11% |
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| 1982 | 5,143 | +1.58% |
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| 1990 | 6,180 | +2.32% |
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| 1999 | 7,451 | +2.10% |
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| 2007 | 8,582 | +1.78% |
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| 2012 | 8,789 | +0.48% |
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| 2017 | 8,718 | −0.16% |
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