Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne

Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ leʒe syʁ ʁɔan], literally Saint-Léger on Roanne) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne
Commune
Location of Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne
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Coordinates: 46°02′27″N 3°59′52″E / 46.0408°N 3.9978°E / 46.0408; 3.9978
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Roanne-2
Intercommunality	Roannais Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Christine Bravo^[1]
Area ^1	4.51 km^2 (1.74 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020)^[2]	1,161
• Density	260/km^2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42253 /42155
Elevation	296–339 m (971–1,112 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

A football team called les Belettes (The Weasels) was created in the village in 2020.^[4] In April 2021 the village was the site of a large explosion after gas-cylinders were exposed to fire.^[5]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 180 —     1806 169 −6.1% 1821 249 +47.3% 1931 323 +29.7% 1946 385 +19.2% 1954 376 −2.3% 1962 535 +42.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1968 578 +8.0% 1975 712 +23.2% 1982 859 +20.6% 1990 947 +10.2% 1999 943 −0.4% 2009 1,133 +20.1% 2017 1,145 +1.1%

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). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Etaix, Cyprien (18 June 2021). "Le nouveau club installé à Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne vient de fêter son premier anniversaire". Le Pays (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
5. "Explosion à St-Léger-sur-Roanne Un atelier d'une centaine de m2 ravagé par les flammes après une explosion". Le Pays. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

 

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