| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,020 | — |
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| 1800 | 1,852 | −1.23% |
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| 1806 | 1,969 | +1.03% |
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| 1821 | 2,252 | +0.90% |
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| 1831 | 2,581 | +1.37% |
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| 1836 | 2,467 | −0.90% |
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| 1841 | 2,458 | −0.07% |
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| 1846 | 2,596 | +1.10% |
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| 1851 | 2,493 | −0.81% |
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| 1856 | 2,536 | +0.34% |
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| 1861 | 2,494 | −0.33% |
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| 1866 | 2,604 | +0.87% |
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| 1872 | 2,573 | −0.20% |
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| 1876 | 2,642 | +0.66% |
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| 1881 | 2,785 | +1.06% |
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| 1886 | 2,793 | +0.06% |
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| 1891 | 2,904 | +0.78% |
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| 1896 | 2,779 | −0.88% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,733 | −0.33% |
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| 1906 | 2,716 | −0.12% |
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| 1911 | 2,720 | +0.03% |
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| 1921 | 2,685 | −0.13% |
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| 1926 | 2,785 | +0.73% |
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| 1931 | 2,904 | +0.84% |
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| 1936 | 3,131 | +1.52% |
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| 1946 | 3,259 | +0.40% |
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| 1954 | 3,511 | +0.94% |
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| 1962 | 4,022 | +1.71% |
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| 1968 | 5,109 | +4.07% |
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| 1975 | 8,395 | +7.35% |
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| 1982 | 10,289 | +2.95% |
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| 1990 | 10,583 | +0.35% |
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| 1999 | 10,579 | −0.00% |
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| 2007 | 10,832 | +0.30% |
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| 2012 | 11,346 | +0.93% |
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| 2017 | 11,546 | +0.35% |
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