La Tourette

La Tourette is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

La Tourette
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of La Tourette
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Coordinates: 45°24′56″N 4°05′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Serge Granjon
Area ^1	5.65 km^2 (2.18 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	584
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42312 /42380
Elevation	619–872 m (2,031–2,861 ft) (avg. 800 m or 2,600 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 200 —     1806 238 +19.0% 1821 293 +23.1% 1831 331 +13.0% 1841 356 +7.6% 1851 366 +2.8% 1861 350 −4.4% 1872 364 +4.0% 1881 325 −10.7% 1891 365 +12.3% 1901 308 −15.6% 1911 274 −11.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 258 −5.8% 1931 223 −13.6% 1946 204 −8.5% 1954 205 +0.5% 1962 198 −3.4% 1968 195 −1.5% 1975 209 +7.2% 1982 274 +31.1% 1990 389 +42.0% 1999 424 +9.0% 2009 561 +32.3% 2017 584 +4.1%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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