Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
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Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 4°14′26″E / 45.5003°N 4.2406°E / 45.5003; 4.2406
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Joly[1]
Area ^1	40.63 km^2 (15.69 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	15,579
• Density	383.4/km^2 (993.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42279 /42170
Elevation	358–673 m (1,175–2,208 ft) (avg. 417 m or 1,368 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒy(st) sɛ̃ ʁɑ̃bɛʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire.^[4]

Population

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The population data given in the table and graph below for 1954 and earlier refer to the former commune of Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,300 —     1800 2,355 +0.34% 1806 2,556 +1.37% 1821 2,726 +0.43% 1831 3,015 +1.01% 1836 3,012 −0.02% 1841 3,078 +0.43% 1846 3,026 −0.34% 1851 2,759 −1.83% 1856 2,458 −2.28% 1861 2,545 +0.70% 1866 2,515 −0.24% 1872 2,400 −0.78% 1876 2,432 +0.33% 1881 2,619 +1.49% 1886 2,800 +1.35% 1891 2,989 +1.31% 1896 3,049 +0.40%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,240 +1.22% 1906 3,135 −0.66% 1911 3,026 −0.71% 1921 2,796 −0.79% 1926 2,963 +1.17% 1931 2,982 +0.13% 1936 3,263 +1.82% 1946 2,994 −0.86% 1954 3,634 +2.45% 1962 7,419 +9.33% 1968 8,156 +1.59% 1975 9,010 +1.43% 1982 10,533 +2.26% 1990 12,299 +1.96% 1999 13,192 +0.78% 2007 14,542 +1.23% 2012 14,337 −0.28% 2017 15,083 +1.02%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Twin towns

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Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is twinned with:

• Târgu Neamț, Romania, since 1999

See also

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• Communes of the Loire department
• Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Bridge

References

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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. INSEE commune file
4. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0256, 1 November 1972, p. 11407.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE