| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1793 | 2,055 | — |
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| 1800 | 2,021 | −0.24% |
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| 1806 | 2,025 | +0.03% |
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| 1821 | 2,257 | +0.73% |
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| 1831 | 2,282 | +0.11% |
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| 1836 | 2,362 | +0.69% |
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| 1841 | 2,314 | −0.41% |
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| 1846 | 2,426 | +0.95% |
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| 1851 | 2,435 | +0.07% |
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| 1856 | 2,353 | −0.68% |
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| 1861 | 2,417 | +0.54% |
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| 1866 | 2,043 | −3.31% |
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| 1872 | 2,506 | +3.46% |
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| 1876 | 2,925 | +3.94% |
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| 1881 | 2,734 | −1.34% |
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| 1886 | 2,821 | +0.63% |
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| 1891 | 2,792 | −0.21% |
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| 1896 | 2,617 | −1.29% |
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| | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1901 | 2,707 | +0.68% |
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| 1906 | 2,589 | −0.89% |
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| 1911 | 2,165 | −3.51% |
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| 1921 | 2,007 | −0.75% |
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| 1926 | 2,134 | +1.23% |
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| 1931 | 2,080 | −0.51% |
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| 1936 | 2,028 | −0.51% |
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| 1946 | 2,071 | +0.21% |
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| 1954 | 2,444 | +2.09% |
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| 1962 | 3,057 | +2.84% |
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| 1968 | 3,287 | +1.22% |
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| 1975 | 3,593 | +1.28% |
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| 1982 | 4,419 | +3.00% |
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| 1990 | 5,788 | +3.43% |
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| 1999 | 6,478 | +1.26% |
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| 2007 | 8,050 | +2.75% |
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| 2012 | 7,975 | −0.19% |
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| 2017 | 8,532 | +1.36% |
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