Saint-Héand

Saint-Héand
Commune
Church and town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Héand
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Coordinates: 45°31′46″N 4°22′25″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Jean-Claude Crapart[1]
Area ^1	31.3 km^2 (12.1 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,684
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42234 /42570
Elevation	467–870 m (1,532–2,854 ft) (avg. 680 m or 2,230 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-Héand (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿eɑ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France,^[3] 12 kilometres from Saint-Étienne.

The name Héand comes from the Latin Eugendus; and was given to the town either by the saint himself when founding a monastery, or by pilgrims bringing relics there.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,639 —     1821 2,971 +0.42% 1846 3,510 +0.67% 1872 2,872 −0.77% 1901 2,671 −0.25% 1926 2,141 −0.88% 1946 1,951 −0.46% 1962 2,317 +1.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,549 +1.60% 1975 2,980 +2.26% 1982 3,458 +2.15% 1990 3,625 +0.59% 1999 3,722 +0.29% 2007 3,729 +0.02% 2012 3,535 −1.06% 2017 3,592 +0.32%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Twin towns

Saint-Héand is twinned with Ingelfingen, Germany, since 1991.

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. INSEE commune file
4. History of St Heand (in French)
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Héand, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE