La Fouillouse

La Fouillouse
Commune
Location of La Fouillouse
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Coordinates: 45°30′16″N 4°18′52″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Bouchet[1]
Area ^1	20.57 km^2 (7.94 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,655
• Density	230/km^2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42097 /42480
Elevation	387–628 m (1,270–2,060 ft) (avg. 419 m or 1,375 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Fouillouse (French pronunciation: [la fujuz]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,392 —     1821 1,613 +0.53% 1846 2,029 +0.92% 1872 1,719 −0.64% 1901 2,173 +0.81% 1926 2,144 −0.05% 1946 2,251 +0.24% 1962 2,502 +0.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,736 +1.50% 1975 3,352 +2.94% 1982 4,004 +2.57% 1990 4,035 +0.10% 1999 4,234 +0.54% 2007 4,326 +0.27% 2012 4,314 −0.06% 2017 4,501 +0.85%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the 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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Fouillouse, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE