Saint-Rirand

Saint-Rirand
Commune
Coat of arms
Saint-Rirand Saint-Rirand
Coordinates: 46°04′37″N 3°50′58″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Renaison
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Prunet
Area 1	16.43 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42281 /42370
Elevation	486–1,035 m (1,594–3,396 ft) (avg. 590 m or 1,940 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Rirand (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ ʁiʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 660 —     1806 455 −31.1% 1821 611 +34.3% 1831 602 −1.5% 1841 578 −4.0% 1851 615 +6.4% 1861 600 −2.4% 1872 587 −2.2% 1881 578 −1.5% 1891 725 +25.4% 1901 538 −25.8% 1911 548 +1.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 419 −23.5% 1931 335 −20.0% 1946 257 −23.3% 1954 226 −12.1% 1962 216 −4.4% 1968 180 −16.7% 1975 140 −22.2% 1982 134 −4.3% 1990 124 −7.5% 1999 110 −11.3% 2008 150 +36.4% 2017 140 −6.7%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department