Merle-Leignec

Merle-Leignec
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Merle-Leignec
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Coordinates: 45°22′32″N 4°01′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	René Avril[1]
Area ^1	16.17 km^2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	324
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42142 /42380
Elevation	660–994 m (2,165–3,261 ft) (avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Merle-Leignec (French pronunciation: [mɛʁl lɛɲɛk], before 1993: Merle)^[3] is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	278	—
1975	216	−3.54%
1982	223	+0.46%
1990	233	+0.55%
1999	235	+0.10%
2009	303	+2.57%
2014	316	+0.84%
2020	322	+0.31%
Source: INSEE[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. Décret du 26 mars 1993 portant changement de nom de communes, Légifrance.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE