Roche-la-Molière

Roche-la-Molière is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.

Roche-la-Molière
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Roche-la-Molière
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Coordinates: 45°26′05″N 4°19′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-3
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Eric Berlivet
Area ^1	17.44 km^2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	9,697
• Density	560/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42189 /42230
Elevation	469–700 m (1,539–2,297 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 1,362 —     1806 1,247 −8.4% 1821 1,435 +15.1% 1831 1,289 −10.2% 1841 1,640 +27.2% 1851 1,805 +10.1% 1861 2,353 +30.4% 1872 3,258 +38.5% 1881 3,939 +20.9% 1891 4,386 +11.3% 1901 5,517 +25.8% 1911 6,113 +10.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 7,393 +20.9% 1931 9,658 +30.6% 1946 9,916 +2.7% 1954 11,035 +11.3% 1962 11,086 +0.5% 1968 10,614 −4.3% 1975 9,893 −6.8% 1982 9,211 −6.9% 1990 10,103 +9.7% 1999 10,183 +0.8% 2011 10,316 +1.3% 2016 9,708 −5.9%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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