Editing Barcelonnette (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1968 |2476
|1975 |2636
|1982 |2735
|1990 |2976
|1999 |2815
|2007 |2766
|2012 |2634
|2017 |2598
| source= INSEE<ref name=popinsee>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-04019#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| percentages = pagr
}}

In 1471, the community of Barcelonnette (including several surrounding parishes) comprised 421 fires (households). In 1765, it had 6,674 inhabitants,<ref name="AHP"/> but emigration, particularly to Mexico, slowed the town's growth in the period before the [[Second World War]]. According to the census of 2017, Barcelonnette has a population of 2,598 (municipal population)<ref name=popinsee/> across a total area of 16.42&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cassini-Ehess|2645|Barcelonnette}}</ref> The town is characterised by low population density. Between 1990 and 1999 the town's annual mean population growth was -0.6%,<ref name=popinsee/> though between 1999 and 2007 this increased to an average of -0.2%.<ref name=popinsee/>