Saint-Paulien

This article is about the French commune. For writer who used this pseudonym, see Maurice-Yvan Sicard.

Saint-Paulien
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Paulien
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Coordinates: 45°08′14″N 3°48′49″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Saint-Paulien
Intercommunality	CA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Pierre Vincent[1]
Area ^1	40.63 km^2 (15.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,420
• Density	60/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43216 /43350
Elevation	704–1,070 m (2,310–3,510 ft) (avg. 793 m or 2,602 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-Paulien (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ poljɛ̃]; Auvergnat: Sant Pàulhan) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,963 —     1821 2,586 +0.99% 1846 3,148 +0.79% 1872 2,947 −0.25% 1901 2,696 −0.31% 1926 2,096 −1.00% 1946 1,793 −0.78% 1962 1,866 +0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,736 −1.20% 1975 1,620 −0.98% 1982 1,822 +1.69% 1990 1,872 +0.34% 1999 1,912 +0.24% 2007 2,254 +2.08% 2012 2,411 +1.36% 2017 2,416 +0.04%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Paulien, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE