Villars, Loire

Villars is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Villars
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Villars
Villars Villars
Coordinates: 45°28′11″N 4°21′19″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-4
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jordan Da Silva
Area ^1	5.72 km^2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,970
• Density	1,400/km^2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42330 /42390
Elevation	428–600 m (1,404–1,969 ft) (avg. 480 m or 1,570 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villars is a former mining town.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 560 —     1806 507 −9.5% 1821 616 +21.5% 1831 618 +0.3% 1841 702 +13.6% 1851 877 +24.9% 1861 1,525 +73.9% 1872 1,741 +14.2% 1881 2,224 +27.7% 1891 2,512 +12.9% 1901 2,787 +10.9% 1911 2,989 +7.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 3,063 +2.5% 1931 3,061 −0.1% 1946 2,866 −6.4% 1954 2,174 −24.1% 1962 3,397 +56.3% 1968 3,720 +9.5% 1975 6,828 +83.5% 1982 7,529 +10.3% 1990 8,189 +8.8% 1999 8,494 +3.7% 2011 7,785 −8.3% 2017 7,970 +2.4%

Twin towns

• Halberstadt, Germany, since 15 November 2003
• Torredembarra, Spain, since 2 September 1984

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

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