La Fouillouse

La Fouillouse
Commune
La Fouillouse La Fouillouse
Coordinates: 45°30′16″N 4°18′52″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Bouchet
Area 1	20.57 km2 (7.94 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42097 /42480
Elevation	387–628 m (1,270–2,060 ft) (avg. 419 m or 1,375 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Fouillouse (French pronunciation: ​[la fujuz]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,392 —     1806 1,324 −4.9% 1821 1,613 +21.8% 1831 1,661 +3.0% 1841 1,966 +18.4% 1851 2,179 +10.8% 1861 2,260 +3.7% 1872 1,719 −23.9% 1881 2,175 +26.5% 1891 2,213 +1.7% 1901 2,173 −1.8% 1911 2,304 +6.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,934 −16.1% 1931 2,112 +9.2% 1946 2,251 +6.6% 1954 2,467 +9.6% 1962 2,502 +1.4% 1968 2,736 +9.4% 1975 3,352 +22.5% 1982 4,004 +19.5% 1990 4,035 +0.8% 1999 4,234 +4.9% 2006 4,315 +1.9% 2015 4,383 +1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department