Chagnon

Chagnon is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Chagnon
Commune
Location of Chagnon
Chagnon Chagnon
Coordinates: 45°32′08″N 4°33′14″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Fauvel
Area ^1	2.48 km^2 (0.96 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	490
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42036 /42800
Elevation	300–518 m (984–1,699 ft) (avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 413 —     1806 402 −2.7% 1821 449 +11.7% 1831 514 +14.5% 1841 530 +3.1% 1851 504 −4.9% 1861 509 +1.0% 1872 433 −14.9% 1881 420 −3.0% 1891 385 −8.3% 1901 362 −6.0% 1911 352 −2.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 302 −14.2% 1931 286 −5.3% 1946 259 −9.4% 1954 250 −3.5% 1962 252 +0.8% 1968 253 +0.4% 1975 231 −8.7% 1982 285 +23.4% 1990 313 +9.8% 1999 411 +31.3% 2006 506 +23.1% 2015 492 −2.8%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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