Saint-Genest-Lerpt

Saint-Genest-Lerpt is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Saint-Genest-Lerpt Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Coordinates: 45°26′49″N 4°20′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-3
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Julien
Area ^1	12.68 km^2 (4.90 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	6,131
• Density	480/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42223 /42530
Elevation	437–698 m (1,434–2,290 ft) (avg. 576 m or 1,890 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 763 —     1806 751 −1.6% 1821 949 +26.4% 1831 1,308 +37.8% 1841 1,600 +22.3% 1851 1,824 +14.0% 1861 2,515 +37.9% 1872 2,841 +13.0% 1881 3,425 +20.6% 1891 3,959 +15.6% 1901 4,331 +9.4% 1911 4,128 −4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 4,554 +10.3% 1931 4,239 −6.9% 1946 4,571 +7.8% 1954 5,115 +11.9% 1962 5,147 +0.6% 1968 5,331 +3.6% 1975 5,265 −1.2% 1982 5,308 +0.8% 1990 5,482 +3.3% 1999 5,672 +3.5% 2012 5,867 +3.4% 2016 6,121 +4.3%

Twin towns

Saint-Genest-Lerpt is twinned with:

• Palau, Sardinia, Italy, since 2005

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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