Commelle-Vernay

Commelle-Vernay (French pronunciation: [kɔmɛl vɛʁnɛ]; Arpitan: Comèles-Vèrnê) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Commelle-Vernay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Commelle-Vernay
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Coordinates: 45°59′42″N 4°04′01″E / 45.995°N 4.0669°E / 45.995; 4.0669
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Fréchet^[1]
Area ^1	12.41 km^2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]	3,029
• Density	240/km^2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42069 /42120
Elevation	265–446 m (869–1,463 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 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. ±% p.a. 1793 300 —     1821 311 +0.13% 1846 602 +2.68% 1872 695 +0.55% 1901 662 −0.17% 1926 535 −0.85% 1946 536 +0.01% 1962 836 +2.82%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 912 +1.46% 1975 1,382 +6.12% 1982 2,502 +8.85% 1990 2,872 +1.74% 1999 2,792 −0.31% 2007 2,828 +0.16% 2012 2,802 −0.18% 2017 2,955 +1.07%
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Commelle-Vernay, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

 

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