Fontanès, Loire

Fontanès
Commune
Fontanès Fontanès
Coordinates: 45°32′51″N 4°26′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Gandilhon
Area 1	6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42096 /42140
Elevation	633–900 m (2,077–2,953 ft) (avg. 810 m or 2,660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 220 —     1806 340 +54.5% 1821 390 +14.7% 1831 400 +2.6% 1841 394 −1.5% 1851 447 +13.5% 1861 478 +6.9% 1872 476 −0.4% 1881 431 −9.5% 1891 440 +2.1% 1901 405 −8.0% 1911 485 +19.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 436 −10.1% 1931 493 +13.1% 1946 463 −6.1% 1954 485 +4.8% 1962 473 −2.5% 1968 449 −5.1% 1975 423 −5.8% 1982 461 +9.0% 1990 525 +13.9% 1999 576 +9.7% 2005 607 +5.4% 2015 673 +10.9%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department