La Valla-en-Gier

La Valla-en-Gier is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

La Valla-en-Gier
Commune
Saut du Gier waterfall
Location of La Valla-en-Gier
La Valla-en-Gier La Valla-en-Gier
Coordinates: 45°25′00″N 4°31′01″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Le Pilat
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Claude Flachat
Area ^1	34.78 km^2 (13.43 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,042
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42322 /42131
Elevation	440–1,388 m (1,444–4,554 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 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 2,146 —     1806 2,316 +7.9% 1821 2,423 +4.6% 1831 2,583 +6.6% 1841 2,199 −14.9% 1851 2,282 +3.8% 1861 2,147 −5.9% 1872 2,012 −6.3% 1881 1,953 −2.9% 1891 1,883 −3.6% 1901 1,800 −4.4% 1911 1,427 −20.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,182 −17.2% 1931 1,135 −4.0% 1946 936 −17.5% 1954 1,162 +24.1% 1962 745 −35.9% 1968 677 −9.1% 1982 660 −2.5% 1990 745 +12.9% 1999 880 +18.1% 2008 912 +3.6% 2017 1,042 +14.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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