Pélussin

Pélussin
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Pélussin
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Coordinates: 45°25′09″N 4°40′54″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Le Pilat
Intercommunality	Pilat rhodanien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Devrieux[1]
Area ^1	32.16 km^2 (12.42 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,665
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42168 /42410
Elevation	240–1,340 m (790–4,400 ft) (avg. 417 m or 1,368 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pélussin (French pronunciation: [pelysɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Pélussin is made up of three districts : Notre-Dame, Les Croix and at the very top, Virieu.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,120 —     1821 3,194 +0.08% 1846 3,651 +0.54% 1872 3,564 −0.09% 1901 3,111 −0.47% 1926 3,272 +0.20% 1946 2,617 −1.11% 1962 2,591 −0.06%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,608 +0.11% 1975 2,600 −0.04% 1982 2,785 +0.99% 1990 3,132 +1.48% 1999 3,356 +0.77% 2007 3,434 +0.29% 2012 3,592 +0.90% 2017 3,765 +0.95%
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 de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pélussin, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE