Retournac

Retournac (French pronunciation: [ʁətuʁnak]; Occitan: Retornac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Retournac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Retournac
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Coordinates: 45°12′16″N 4°02′02″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Bas-en-Basset
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patricia Goudard[1]
Area 1	45.76 km2 (17.67 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,971
• Density	64.93/km2 (168.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43162 /43130
Elevation	479–1,064 m (1,572–3,491 ft) (avg. 509 m or 1,670 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 4,019 —     1821 3,352 −0.65% 1846 3,623 +0.31% 1872 3,411 −0.23% 1901 3,630 +0.21% 1926 3,037 −0.71% 1946 3,028 −0.01% 1962 2,748 −0.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,600 −0.92% 1975 2,558 −0.23% 1982 2,249 −1.82% 1990 2,270 +0.12% 1999 2,293 +0.11% 2007 2,590 +1.53% 2012 2,788 +1.48% 2017 2,929 +0.99%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department