Saint-Priest-la-Roche

Saint-Priest-la-Roche is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Priest-la-Roche
Commune
Château de La Roche
Location of Saint-Priest-la-Roche
Saint-Priest-la-Roche Saint-Priest-la-Roche
Coordinates: 45°54′49″N 4°05′40″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Pays entre Loire et Rhône
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Roche
Area ^1	13.5 km^2 (5.2 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	350
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42277 /42590
Elevation	290–535 m (951–1,755 ft) (avg. 434 m or 1,424 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 500 —     1806 559 +11.8% 1821 523 −6.4% 1831 560 +7.1% 1841 605 +8.0% 1851 611 +1.0% 1861 615 +0.7% 1872 678 +10.2% 1881 664 −2.1% 1891 639 −3.8% 1901 562 −12.1% 1911 515 −8.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 443 −14.0% 1931 395 −10.8% 1946 356 −9.9% 1954 298 −16.3% 1962 297 −0.3% 1968 300 +1.0% 1975 286 −4.7% 1982 285 −0.3% 1990 285 +0.0% 1999 274 −3.9% 2012 335 +22.3% 2017 350 +4.5%

Amenities

There are two chambres d'hôtes in the village.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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