| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 620 | — |
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| 1800 | 852 | +4.65% |
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| 1806 | 789 | −1.27% |
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| 1821 | 1,185 | +2.75% |
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| 1831 | 1,240 | +0.45% |
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| 1836 | 1,222 | −0.29% |
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| 1841 | 1,273 | +0.82% |
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| 1846 | 1,372 | +1.51% |
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| 1851 | 1,269 | −1.55% |
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| 1856 | 1,271 | +0.03% |
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| 1861 | 1,587 | +4.54% |
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| 1866 | 1,761 | +2.10% |
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| 1872 | 1,883 | +1.12% |
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| 1876 | 2,083 | +2.56% |
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| 1881 | 2,301 | +2.01% |
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| 1886 | 2,523 | +1.86% |
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| 1891 | 2,507 | −0.13% |
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| 1896 | 2,575 | +0.54% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,660 | +0.65% |
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| 1906 | 2,674 | +0.11% |
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| 1911 | 2,997 | +2.31% |
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| 1921 | 3,013 | +0.05% |
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| 1926 | 3,273 | +1.67% |
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| 1931 | 3,628 | +2.08% |
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| 1936 | 3,910 | +1.51% |
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| 1946 | 3,250 | −1.83% |
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| 1954 | 4,305 | +3.58% |
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| 1962 | 7,641 | +7.44% |
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| 1968 | 11,445 | +6.97% |
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| 1975 | 14,246 | +3.18% |
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| 1982 | 14,363 | +0.12% |
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| 1990 | 15,891 | +1.27% |
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| 1999 | 15,517 | −0.26% |
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| 2007 | 15,432 | −0.07% |
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| 2012 | 16,176 | +0.95% |
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| 2017 | 15,838 | −0.42% |
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