La Talaudière

La Talaudière
Commune
La Talaudière La Talaudière
Coordinates: 45°28′57″N 4°25′58″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ramona Gonzalez-Grail
Area 1	7.63 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42305 /42350
Elevation	473–696 m (1,552–2,283 ft) (avg. 507 m or 1,663 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 2,469 —     1876 2,676 +2.03% 1881 3,046 +2.62% 1886 3,045 −0.01% 1891 3,246 +1.29% 1896 3,327 +0.49% 1901 3,178 −0.91% 1906 3,260 +0.51% 1911 3,437 +1.06% 1921 3,413 −0.07% 1926 3,543 +0.75% 1931 3,410 −0.76%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 3,627 +1.24% 1946 3,774 +0.40% 1954 4,302 +1.65% 1962 4,309 +0.02% 1968 4,808 +1.84% 1975 5,655 +2.35% 1982 5,577 −0.20% 1990 5,935 +0.78% 1999 6,700 +1.36% 2007 6,377 −0.62% 2012 6,496 +0.37% 2017 6,860 +1.10%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

La Talaudière is twinned with:

• Sio, Mali
• Küssaberg, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Loire department