Saint-Georges-d'Aurac

Saint-Georges-d'Aurac
Commune
Location of Saint-Georges-d'Aurac
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Coordinates: 45°09′26″N 3°32′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Pays de Lafayette
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Garnier[1]
Area ^1	17.42 km^2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	475
• Density	27/km^2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43188 /43230
Elevation	557–911 m (1,827–2,989 ft) (avg. 633 m or 2,077 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-Georges-d'Aurac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ doʁak]; Occitan: Sent Jòrgi d'Aurac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	556	—
1975	478	−2.14%
1982	453	−0.76%
1990	427	−0.74%
1999	411	−0.42%
2009	441	+0.71%
2014	464	+1.02%
2020	476	+0.43%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

The commune was the home of Louis de Cazenave who was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving French veteran of World War I in France.^[5]

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
5. "France's oldest WWI veteran dies". 20 January 2008.