Saint-Pal-de-Mons

Saint-Pal-de-Mons (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pal də mɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Pal de Mons) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Saint Pal de Mons
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Saint Pal de Mons
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Coordinates: 45°14′50″N 4°16′30″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Riffard[1]
Area 1	27.11 km2 (10.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,291
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43213 /43620
Elevation	615–969 m (2,018–3,179 ft) (avg. 842 m or 2,762 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,460 —     1821 1,693 +0.53% 1846 2,100 +0.87% 1872 2,044 −0.10% 1901 2,509 +0.71% 1926 2,519 +0.02% 1946 1,682 −2.00% 1962 1,521 −0.63%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,416 −1.19% 1975 1,365 −0.52% 1982 1,423 +0.60% 1990 1,542 +1.01% 1999 1,748 +1.40% 2007 1,991 +1.64% 2012 2,173 +1.76% 2017 2,281 +0.97%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Personalities

• Paul Durieu (1830–1899), first Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada

See also

• Communes of the Haute-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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Pal-de-Mons, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE