Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois

Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
Commune
Coat of arms
Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
Coordinates: 45°24′08″N 4°11′02″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Bonnet
Area 1	31.83 km2 (12.29 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42262 /42240
Elevation	422–816 m (1,385–2,677 ft) (avg. 790 m or 2,590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ moʁis ɑ̃ ɡuʁɡwa]; Occitan: Sent Maurice de Gorgueis) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,400 —     1806 1,804 −24.8% 1821 1,862 +3.2% 1831 2,184 +17.3% 1841 2,510 +14.9% 1851 2,516 +0.2% 1861 2,434 −3.3% 1872 2,004 −17.7% 1881 1,995 −0.4% 1891 1,925 −3.5% 1901 1,764 −8.4% 1911 1,611 −8.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,373 −14.8% 1931 1,322 −3.7% 1946 1,057 −20.0% 1954 1,012 −4.3% 1962 927 −8.4% 1968 823 −11.2% 1975 754 −8.4% 1982 859 +13.9% 1990 1,006 +17.1% 1999 1,277 +26.9% 2011 1,743 +36.5% 2017 1,813 +4.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department