Usson-en-Forez

Usson-en-Forez
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Usson-en-Forez
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Coordinates: 45°23′27″N 3°56′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Beal
Area 1	47.24 km2 (18.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,474
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42318 /42550
Elevation	767–1,137 m (2,516–3,730 ft) (avg. 915 m or 3,002 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Usson-en-Forez (French pronunciation: [ysɔ̃ ɑ̃ fɔʁɛ], literally Usson in Forez) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 3,000 —     1806 3,506 +16.9% 1821 2,873 −18.1% 1831 3,800 +32.3% 1841 3,788 −0.3% 1851 3,736 −1.4% 1861 3,470 −7.1% 1872 3,272 −5.7% 1881 3,188 −2.6% 1891 3,149 −1.2% 1901 2,929 −7.0% 1911 2,878 −1.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,507 −12.9% 1931 2,201 −12.2% 1946 2,103 −4.5% 1954 1,922 −8.6% 1962 1,820 −5.3% 1968 1,698 −6.7% 1975 1,456 −14.3% 1982 1,342 −7.8% 1990 1,265 −5.7% 1999 1,232 −2.6% 2010 1,466 +19.0% 2017 1,482 +1.1%

Personalities

• Lazarite priest Jean-Claude Faveyrial (1813–1893), author of the first book on the history of Albania.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department