Saint-Front, Haute-Loire

Saint-Front
Commune
Mezenc cottages
Location of Saint-Front
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Coordinates: 44°58′41″N 4°08′35″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Delabre[1]
Area ^1	52.33 km^2 (20.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	413
• Density	7.9/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43186 /43550
Elevation	796–1,594 m (2,612–5,230 ft) (avg. 1,223 m or 4,012 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-Front (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ fʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Sant Front) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay forms most of the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,106	—
1975	849	−3.71%
1982	644	−3.87%
1990	544	−2.09%
1999	509	−0.74%
2009	471	−0.77%
2014	424	−2.08%
2020	406	−0.72%
Source: INSEE[4]

Gallery

• 
  The Church of Saint-Front
• 
  The Church and the old Cemetery
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  Statue of the Virgin Mary
• 
  The lake of Saint-Front

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE