Saint-Didier-en-Velay

Saint-Didier-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Saint-Didier-en-Velay Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 4°16′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Intercommunality	Loire-Semène
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Salgado
Area ^1	25.56 km^2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,403
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43177 /43140
Elevation	640–924 m (2,100–3,031 ft) (avg. 835 m or 2,740 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 3,203 —     1806 4,153 +29.7% 1821 3,540 −14.8% 1831 3,795 +7.2% 1841 3,972 +4.7% 1851 4,555 +14.7% 1861 5,220 +14.6% 1872 4,743 −9.1% 1881 4,963 +4.6% 1891 5,346 +7.7% 1901 5,891 +10.2% 1911 5,857 −0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 5,126 −12.5% 1931 3,034 −40.8% 1946 2,586 −14.8% 1954 2,586 +0.0% 1962 2,603 +0.7% 1968 2,555 −1.8% 1975 2,422 −5.2% 1982 2,580 +6.5% 1900 2,723 +5.5% 1999 2,891 +6.2% 2007 3,302 +14.2% 2017 3,403 +3.1%

Sights

In the church of Saint Didier, there is an impressive Spanish Baroque painting of Mary Magdalene which has been attributed to Murillo or Zurbarán.[2] It is most likely a 17th century copy of a painting by Murillo.[3]

Personalities

• Claude-Jean Allouez
• Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667–1742), sculptor and architect

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Saint-Didier-en-Velay : un tableau de Zurbaran ?, La gazette de la Haute-Loire, 8 June 2012
3. tableau : sainte Madeleine, Palissy database