Sury-le-Comtal

Sury-le-Comtal (French pronunciation: [syʁi lə kɔ̃tal]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Sury-le-Comtal
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sury-le-Comtal
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Coordinates: 45°32′18″N 4°11′02″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Martin[1]
Area 1	24.18 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,651
• Density	280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42304 /42450
Elevation	360–457 m (1,181–1,499 ft) (avg. 384 m or 1,260 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 1,700 —     1800 1,783 +0.68% 1806 1,879 +0.88% 1821 2,353 +1.51% 1831 2,456 +0.43% 1836 2,461 +0.04% 1841 2,454 −0.06% 1846 2,593 +1.11% 1851 2,701 +0.82% 1856 2,643 −0.43% 1861 2,770 +0.94% 1866 2,806 +0.26% 1872 2,654 −0.92% 1876 2,782 +1.18% 1881 2,764 −0.13% 1886 2,995 +1.62% 1891 2,863 −0.90% 1896 2,718 −1.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,772 +0.39% 1906 2,884 +0.80% 1911 2,981 +0.66% 1921 2,996 +0.05% 1926 3,121 +0.82% 1931 3,123 +0.01% 1936 2,883 −1.59% 1946 2,945 +0.21% 1954 3,080 +0.56% 1962 3,385 +1.19% 1968 3,587 +0.97% 1975 3,778 +0.74% 1982 4,200 +1.52% 1990 4,592 +1.12% 1999 4,805 +0.51% 2007 5,329 +1.30% 2012 5,979 +2.33% 2017 6,552 +1.85%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Personalities

• Antoine Blanc (1792–1860) archbishop of New Orleans (Louisiana)

See also

• Communes of the Loire department