Doizieux

Doizieux is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Doizieux
Commune
Crêt de l'Oeillon
Location of Doizieux
Doizieux Doizieux
Coordinates: 45°25′41″N 4°35′12″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Le Pilat
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Philippe Porcherot
Area ^1	28.07 km^2 (10.84 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	831
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42085 /42740
Elevation	440–1,396 m (1,444–4,580 ft) (avg. 640 m or 2,100 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The village is situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Lyon. It is in the heart of the Parc naturel régional du Pilat.

The Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier that rises in Mont Pilat, flows through the commune.[2]

Administration

Periode	Mayor
March 2001	Dominique Crozet

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	436	—
1968	520	+19.3%
1975	478	−8.1%
1982	521	+9.0%
1990	594	+14.0%
1999	645	+8.6%
2005	791	+22.6%
2015	832	+5.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. CESAME (March 2010). "Prélèvements et gestion quantitative de la ressource sur le bassin versant du Gier Phase 1" (PDF). Saint-Etienne Metropole. p. 6. Retrieved 2012-08-20.

External links

• Doizieux official website (FR)
• Doizieux on Institut géographique national website (FR)
• Doizieux on Insee website
• Location of Doizieux