Mercœur, Haute-Loire

Mercœur is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Mercœur
Commune
Doigt de Mercœur
Location of Mercœur
Mercœur Mercœur
Coordinates: 45°11′38″N 3°17′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Pays de Lafayette
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Claude Bages
Area ^1	27.51 km^2 (10.62 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	139
• Density	5.1/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43133 /43100
Elevation	600–1,009 m (1,969–3,310 ft) (avg. 870 m or 2,850 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 649 —     1806 568 −12.5% 1821 475 −16.4% 1831 476 +0.2% 1841 589 +23.7% 1851 576 −2.2% 1861 509 −11.6% 1872 520 +2.2% 1881 563 +8.3% 1891 515 −8.5% 1901 523 +1.6% 1911 512 −2.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 414 −19.1% 1931 350 −15.5% 1946 294 −16.0% 1954 290 −1.4% 1962 251 −13.4% 1968 229 −8.8% 1975 207 −9.6% 1982 201 −2.9% 1990 175 −12.9% 1999 150 −14.3% 2011 139 −7.3% 2017 139 +0.0%

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

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