Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
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Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 4°14′26″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Joly
Area ^1	40.63 km^2 (15.69 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	15,083
• Density	370/km^2 (960/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42279 /42170
Elevation	358–673 m (1,175–2,208 ft) (avg. 417 m or 1,368 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,300	—
1806	2,556	+11.1%
1821	2,726	+6.7%
1831	3,015	+10.6%
1841	3,078	+2.1%
1851	2,759	−10.4%
1861	2,545	−7.8%
1872	2,400	−5.7%
1881	2,619	+9.1%
1891	2,989	+14.1%
1901	3,240	+8.4%
1911	3,026	−6.6%
1921	2,796	−7.6%
1931	2,982	+6.7%
1946	2,994	+0.4%
1954	3,634	+21.4%
1962	7,419	+104.2%
1968	8,156	+9.9%
1975	9,010	+10.5%
1982	10,533	+16.9%
1990	12,299	+16.8%
1999	13,192	+7.3%
2011	14,135	+7.1%
2017	15,083	+6.7%

Twin towns

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is twinned with:

• Târgu Neamț, Romania, since 1999

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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