| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1806 | 442 | — |
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| 1821 | 960 | +5.31% |
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| 1831 | 1,143 | +1.76% |
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| 1836 | 1,218 | +1.28% |
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| 1841 | 1,301 | +1.33% |
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| 1846 | 1,411 | +1.64% |
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| 1851 | 1,500 | +1.23% |
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| 1856 | 1,583 | +1.08% |
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| 1861 | 1,740 | +1.91% |
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| 1866 | 1,808 | +0.77% |
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| 1872 | 1,826 | +0.17% |
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| 1876 | 1,994 | +2.22% |
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| 1881 | 2,007 | +0.13% |
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| 1886 | 2,154 | +1.42% |
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| 1891 | 2,243 | +0.81% |
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| 1896 | 2,335 | +0.81% |
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| 1901 | 2,491 | +1.30% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1906 | 2,614 | +0.97% |
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| 1911 | 2,680 | +0.50% |
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| 1921 | 2,339 | −1.35% |
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| 1926 | 2,555 | +1.78% |
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| 1931 | 2,592 | +0.29% |
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| 1936 | 2,712 | +0.91% |
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| 1946 | 2,748 | +0.13% |
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| 1954 | 2,792 | +0.20% |
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| 1962 | 3,565 | +3.10% |
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| 1968 | 3,602 | +0.17% |
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| 1975 | 7,465 | +10.97% |
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| 1982 | 8,759 | +2.31% |
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| 1990 | 8,029 | −1.08% |
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| 1999 | 8,002 | −0.04% |
|---|
| 2007 | 7,346 | −1.06% |
|---|
| 2012 | 7,438 | +0.25% |
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| 2017 | 7,341 | −0.26% |
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