Saint-Pal-de-Mons

Saint-Pal-de-Mons is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Saint Pal de Mons
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint Pal de Mons
Saint Pal de Mons Saint Pal de Mons
Coordinates: 45°14′50″N 4°16′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Intercommunality	Les Marches du Velay
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Patrick Riffard
Area ^1	27.11 km^2 (10.47 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,281
• Density	84/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43213 /43620
Elevation	615–969 m (2,018–3,179 ft) (avg. 842 m or 2,762 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	1,460	—
1806	1,520	+4.1%
1821	1,693	+11.4%
1831	1,780	+5.1%
1841	1,881	+5.7%
1851	2,080	+10.6%
1861	1,898	−8.8%
1872	2,044	+7.7%
1881	2,335	+14.2%
1891	2,322	−0.6%
1901	2,509	+8.1%
1911	2,548	+1.6%
1921	2,505	−1.7%
1931	2,159	−13.8%
1946	1,682	−22.1%
1954	1,493	−11.2%
1962	1,521	+1.9%
1968	1,416	−6.9%
1975	1,365	−3.6%
1982	1,423	+4.2%
1990	1,542	+8.4%
1999	1,748	+13.4%
2008	2,022	+15.7%
2017	2,281	+12.8%

Personalities

• Paul Durieu (1830–1899), first Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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