Saint-Jeures

Saint-Jeures
Commune
Saint-Jeures seen from the top of the Suc du Mounier
Location of Saint-Jeures
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Coordinates: 45°05′49″N 4°12′21″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Boutières
Intercommunality	Haut-Lignon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Duboeuf[1]
Area ^1	34.14 km^2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	972
• Density	28/km^2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43199 /43200
Elevation	749–1,208 m (2,457–3,963 ft) (avg. 1,040 m or 3,410 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-Jeures (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒœʁ]; Occitan: Sant Gèire) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is around 40 km southwest of Saint-Étienne.^[3]

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,059	—
1975	917	−2.04%
1982	775	−2.37%
1990	767	−0.13%
1999	782	+0.22%
2009	906	+1.48%
2014	954	+1.04%
2020	967	+0.23%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

• Joseph Bonet de Treyches, politician during the French Revolution, was born here on 28 March 1757.
• Philippe Vocanson, the oldest man in France (for 16 months) and in Europe (for 4 months), was born here on 20 October 1904. He died in Saint-Étienne on 18 January 2015 aged 110.^[5][6]

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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Saint-Étienne : le doyen des Français est mort à 110 ans". Le Progrès. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
6. "Le doyen des Français est mort à l'âge de 110 ans". Libération. Retrieved 23 January 2015.