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Saint-André-le-Puy (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe lə pɥi]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.[2]

Saint-André-le-Puy
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-André-le-Puy
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Coordinates: 45°38′47″N 4°15′39″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Andrézieux-Bouthéon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Achard
Area 1	8.66 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	1,527
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42200 /42210
Elevation	357–374 m (1,171–1,227 ft) (avg. 383 m or 1,257 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location

It is located 26 km (16 mi) from Saint-Étienne (turn off the N89 westbound at Montrond-les-Bains onto the N82 southwards).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 300 —     1806 266 −11.3% 1821 293 +10.2% 1831 279 −4.8% 1841 356 +27.6% 1851 367 +3.1% 1861 374 +1.9% 1872 438 +17.1% 1881 454 +3.7% 1891 476 +4.8% 1901 500 +5.0% 1911 475 −5.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 441 −7.2% 1931 480 +8.8% 1946 523 +9.0% 1954 555 +6.1% 1962 595 +7.2% 1968 653 +9.7% 1975 662 +1.4% 1982 1,002 +51.4% 1990 1,151 +14.9% 1999 1,182 +2.7% 2009 1,256 +6.3% 2016 1,545 +23.0%

Miscellaneous

Puy derives from the Provençal word "Puech", meaning an isolated hill. It rejected the proposed European Constitution by 60%.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

External links

All sites in French, unless otherwise indicated

• Weather for Saint-André-le-Puy
• Financial Data for Saint-André-le-Puy from the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry
• Picture of the belltower of the parish church

Map links

• Map of Saint-André-le-Puy on the Institut Géographique National site
• Saint-André-le-Puy on the Cassini map

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Saint-André-le-Puy es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Ródano-Alpes, departamento de Loira, en el distrito de Montbrison y cantón de Saint-Galmier.

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