Écoche

Écoche
Commune
Coat of arms
Écoche Écoche
Coordinates: 46°09′42″N 4°17′54″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Charlieu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Charles Butaud
Area 1	11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42086 /42670
Elevation	373–791 m (1,224–2,595 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Écoche (French pronunciation: ​[ekɔʃ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 940 —     1806 1,116 +18.7% 1821 1,335 +19.6% 1831 1,337 +0.1% 1841 1,749 +30.8% 1851 1,816 +3.8% 1861 1,748 −3.7% 1872 1,687 −3.5% 1881 1,660 −1.6% 1891 1,586 −4.5% 1901 1,470 −7.3% 1911 1,084 −26.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 879 −18.9% 1931 741 −15.7% 1946 544 −26.6% 1954 484 −11.0% 1962 402 −16.9% 1968 345 −14.2% 1975 308 −10.7% 1982 363 +17.9% 1990 371 +2.2% 1999 413 +11.3% 2006 506 +22.5% 2016 558 +10.3%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department