Saint-Floret
Appearance
Saint-Floret | |
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The town of Saint-Floret | |
Coordinates: 45°33′07″N 3°06′28″E / 45.5519°N 3.1078°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
Arrondissement | Issoire |
Canton | Le Sancy |
Intercommunality | Agglo Pays d'Issoire |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Maguy Lagarde[1] |
Area 1 | 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 246 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 63342 /63320 |
Elevation | 476–929 m (1,562–3,048 ft) (avg. 503 m or 1,650 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Floret (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flɔʁɛ]; Occitan: Sent Floret) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
History
[edit]Saint-Floret is a place of passage on the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route originated in the 9th century.
During the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the commune took the name Roche-la-Couze.[3]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 276 | — |
1975 | 251 | −1.35% |
1982 | 219 | −1.93% |
1990 | 259 | +2.12% |
1999 | 248 | −0.48% |
2007 | 266 | +0.88% |
2012 | 269 | +0.22% |
2017 | 251 | −1.38% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Floret, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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