Chazelles-sur-Lavieu

Chazelles-sur-Lavieu is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
Chazelles-sur-Lavieu Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
Coordinates: 45°32′23″N 4°00′05″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Montbrison
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christiane Brun-Jarry
Area ^1	9.85 km^2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	272
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42058 /42560
Elevation	586–1,200 m (1,923–3,937 ft) (avg. 911 m or 2,989 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 700 —     1806 770 +10.0% 1821 690 −10.4% 1831 675 −2.2% 1841 743 +10.1% 1851 713 −4.0% 1861 685 −3.9% 1872 659 −3.8% 1881 718 +9.0% 1891 666 −7.2% 1901 701 +5.3% 1911 623 −11.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 569 −8.7% 1931 505 −11.2% 1946 447 −11.5% 1954 366 −18.1% 1962 307 −16.1% 1975 221 −28.0% 1982 174 −21.3% 1990 156 −10.3% 1999 177 +13.5% 2006 228 +28.8% 2015 293 +28.5%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.