Monistrol-sur-Loire

Monistrol-sur-Loire
Commune
Château des Évêques
Coat of arms
Location of Monistrol-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 45°17′36″N 4°10′22″E / 45.2933°N 4.1728°E / 45.2933; 4.1728
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Monistrol-sur-Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Lyonnet[1]
Area ^1	48.25 km^2 (18.63 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,874
• Density	183.9/km^2 (476.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43137 /43120
Elevation	434–874 m (1,424–2,867 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monistrol-sur-Loire is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay flows into the Loire in the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,923 —     1800 3,913 −0.04% 1806 4,048 +0.57% 1821 3,930 −0.20% 1831 4,145 +0.53% 1836 3,825 −1.59% 1841 3,975 +0.77% 1846 4,431 +2.20% 1851 4,619 +0.83% 1856 4,752 +0.57% 1861 4,473 −1.20% 1866 4,781 +1.34% 1872 4,452 −1.18% 1876 4,722 +1.48% 1881 4,703 −0.08% 1886 4,850 +0.62% 1891 4,719 −0.55% 1896 4,918 +0.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,931 +0.05% 1906 5,087 +0.62% 1911 5,008 −0.31% 1921 4,481 −1.11% 1926 4,487 +0.03% 1931 4,305 −0.82% 1936 4,116 −0.89% 1946 3,829 −0.72% 1954 4,063 +0.74% 1962 4,020 −0.13% 1968 4,265 +0.99% 1975 4,607 +1.11% 1982 5,143 +1.58% 1990 6,180 +2.32% 1999 7,451 +2.10% 2007 8,582 +1.78% 2012 8,789 +0.48% 2017 8,718 −0.16%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Personalities

• Roman Catholic archbishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Commune de Monistrol-sur-Loire (43137), INSEE
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Monistrol-sur-Loire, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE