Saint-Didier-en-Velay

Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Didier-en-Velay
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Coordinates: 45°18′08″N 4°16′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Intercommunality	Loire-Semène
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Salgado[1]
Area ^1	25.56 km^2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,480
• Density	140/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43177 /43140
Elevation	640–924 m (2,100–3,031 ft) (avg. 835 m or 2,740 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-Didier-en-Velay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ didje ɑ̃ vəlɛ], literally Saint-Didier in Velay; Occitan: Sant Desdèir de La Seuva) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,203 —     1821 3,540 +0.36% 1846 4,045 +0.53% 1872 4,743 +0.61% 1901 5,891 +0.75% 1926 3,087 −2.55% 1946 2,586 −0.88% 1962 2,603 +0.04%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,555 −0.31% 1975 2,422 −0.76% 1982 2,580 +0.91% 1990 2,723 +0.68% 1999 2,891 +0.67% 2007 3,302 +1.68% 2012 3,476 +1.03% 2017 3,403 −0.42%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Sights

In the church of Saint Didier, there is an impressive Spanish Baroque painting of Mary Magdalene which has been attributed to Murillo or Zurbarán.^[6] It is most likely a 17th century copy of a painting by Murillo.^[7]

Personalities

• Claude-Jean Allouez
• Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667–1742), sculptor and architect

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-Didier-en-Velay, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. Saint-Didier-en-Velay : un tableau de Zurbaran ?, La gazette de la Haute-Loire, 8 June 2012
7. tableau : sainte Madeleine, Palissy database