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Çaloire (French pronunciation: ​[salwaʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Çaloire
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Çaloire
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Coordinates: 45°25′11″N 4°14′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Firminy
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gilles Estable
Area ^1	4.7 km^2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	316
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42031 /42240
Elevation	421–772 m (1,381–2,533 ft) (avg. 540 m or 1,770 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is close to the villages of Unieux, Chambles and Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, and 5 km northwest of Firminy, the largest town in the area.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	295	—
1806	299	+1.4%
1821	291	−2.7%
1831	335	+15.1%
1841	267	−20.3%
1851	242	−9.4%
1861	213	−12.0%
1872	166	−22.1%
1881	175	+5.4%
1891	201	+14.9%
1901	159	−20.9%
1911	150	−5.7%
1921	110	−26.7%
1931	135	+22.7%
1946	101	−25.2%
1954	139	+37.6%
1962	124	−10.8%
1968	108	−12.9%
1975	169	+56.5%
1982	195	+15.4%
1990	227	+16.4%
1999	273	+20.3%
2006	320	+17.2%
2015	339	+5.9%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• (in French) Çaloire website
• (in French) Saint-Étienne Metro website