Roche-la-Molière

Roche-la-Molière (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ la mɔljɛʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.

Roche-la-Molière
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Roche-la-Molière
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Coordinates: 45°26′05″N 4°19′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-3
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eric Berlivet[1]
Area 1	17.44 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	9,853
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42189 /42230
Elevation	469–700 m (1,539–2,297 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 1,362 —     1800 1,031 −3.90% 1806 1,247 +3.22% 1821 1,435 +0.94% 1831 1,289 −1.07% 1836 1,486 +2.89% 1841 1,640 +1.99% 1846 1,749 +1.30% 1851 1,805 +0.63% 1856 2,547 +7.13% 1861 2,353 −1.57% 1866 3,070 +5.46% 1872 3,288 +1.15% 1876 3,843 +3.98% 1881 3,939 +0.49% 1886 3,875 −0.33% 1891 4,386 +2.51% 1896 4,789 +1.77%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,517 +2.87% 1906 5,803 +1.02% 1911 6,113 +1.05% 1921 7,393 +1.92% 1926 9,570 +5.30% 1931 9,658 +0.18% 1936 8,836 −1.76% 1946 9,916 +1.16% 1954 11,035 +1.35% 1962 11,086 +0.06% 1968 10,614 −0.72% 1975 9,893 −1.00% 1982 9,211 −1.02% 1990 10,103 +1.16% 1999 10,083 −0.02% 2007 10,215 +0.16% 2012 10,242 +0.05% 2017 9,697 −1.09%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire department