Saint-Thomas-la-Garde

Saint-Thomas-la-Garde is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
Saint-Thomas-la-Garde Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
Coordinates: 45°34′03″N 4°04′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Montbrison
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Frédéric Pugnet
Area ^1	3.41 km^2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	595
• Density	170/km^2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42290 /42600
Elevation	400–546 m (1,312–1,791 ft) (avg. 450 m or 1,480 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 170 —     1806 219 +28.8% 1821 271 +23.7% 1831 281 +3.7% 1841 350 +24.6% 1851 292 −16.6% 1861 322 +10.3% 1872 311 −3.4% 1881 345 +10.9% 1891 334 −3.2% 1901 337 +0.9% 1911 303 −10.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 240 −20.8% 1931 203 −15.4% 1946 194 −4.4% 1954 199 +2.6% 1962 206 +3.5% 1968 221 +7.3% 1975 226 +2.3% 1982 451 +99.6% 1990 506 +12.2% 1999 517 +2.2% 2011 587 +13.5% 2017 595 +1.4%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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