Saint-Jean-Soleymieux

Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
Commune
Coat of arms
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
Coordinates: 45°30′16″N 4°02′23″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Montbrison
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Évelyne Chouvier
Area 1	16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42240 /42560
Elevation	699–1,204 m (2,293–3,950 ft) (avg. 743 m or 2,438 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jean-Soleymieux (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ sɔlemjø]; Arpitan: Sent-Jouan-Solèmi) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 724 —     1806 734 +1.4% 1821 912 +24.3% 1831 1,446 +58.6% 1841 1,403 −3.0% 1851 1,412 +0.6% 1861 1,325 −6.2% 1872 1,226 −7.5% 1881 1,289 +5.1% 1891 1,218 −5.5% 1901 1,148 −5.7% 1911 1,106 −3.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 982 −11.2% 1931 925 −5.8% 1946 808 −12.6% 1954 743 −8.0% 1962 627 −15.6% 1968 584 −6.9% 1975 548 −6.2% 1982 581 +6.0% 1990 683 +17.6% 1999 726 +6.3% 2010 850 +17.1% 2017 860 +1.2%

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Saint-Jean-Soleymieux is twinned with Allesley, near Coventry, United Kingdom.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department