Lay, Loire

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

Lay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Lay
Lay Lay
Coordinates: 45°57′23″N 4°13′08″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Pays entre Loire et Rhône
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Marc Giraud
Area ^1	12.85 km^2 (4.96 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	745
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42118 /42470
Elevation	339–592 m (1,112–1,942 ft) (avg. 460 m or 1,510 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. ±% 1876 1,356 —     1881 1,211 −10.7% 1891 1,004 −17.1% 1901 971 −3.3% 1911 936 −3.6% 1921 779 −16.8% 1931 748 −4.0% 1946 644 −13.9% 1954 654 +1.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1962 597 −8.7% 1968 644 +7.9% 1975 616 −4.3% 1982 616 +0.0% 1990 687 +11.5% 1999 648 −5.7% 2006 689 +6.3% 2016 742 +7.7%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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