Saint-Front, Haute-Loire

Saint-Front
Commune
Mezenc cottages
Location of Saint-Front
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Coordinates: 44°58′41″N 4°08′35″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Delabre[1]
Area ^1	52.33 km^2 (20.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	409
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43186 /43550
Elevation	796–1,594 m (2,612–5,230 ft) (avg. 1,223 m or 4,012 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Front (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sant Front) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay forms most of the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,106	—
1975	849	−3.71%
1982	644	−3.87%
1990	544	−2.09%
1999	509	−0.74%
2009	471	−0.77%
2014	424	−2.08%
2020	406	−0.72%
Source: INSEE[4]

Gallery

• 
  The Church of Saint-Front
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  The Church and the old Cemetery
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  Statue of the Virgin Mary
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  The lake of Saint-Front

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE