Raucoules

Raucoules is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Raucoules
Commune
Location of Raucoules
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Coordinates: 45°11′18″N 4°17′45″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Boutières
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Souvignet
Area ^1	21.01 km^2 (8.11 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	923
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43159 /43290
Elevation	630–915 m (2,067–3,002 ft) (avg. 837 m or 2,746 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 1,164 —     1806 1,173 +0.8% 1821 1,356 +15.6% 1831 1,392 +2.7% 1841 1,363 −2.1% 1851 1,330 −2.4% 1861 1,300 −2.3% 1872 1,224 −5.8% 1881 1,304 +6.5% 1891 1,382 +6.0% 1901 1,300 −5.9% 1911 1,345 +3.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,124 −16.4% 1931 944 −16.0% 1946 929 −1.6% 1954 760 −18.2% 1962 720 −5.3% 1968 675 −6.2% 1975 632 −6.4% 1982 588 −7.0% 1990 751 +27.7% 1999 751 +0.0% 2009 874 +16.4% 2017 923 +5.6%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

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