L'Étrat

L'Étrat
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of L'Étrat
L'Étrat L'Étrat
Coordinates: 45°29′11″N 4°22′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yves Morand
Area 1	8.48 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	2,820
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42092 /42580
Elevation	430–686 m (1,411–2,251 ft) (avg. 453 m or 1,486 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Étrat (French pronunciation: [letʁa]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1886 1,008 —     1891 968 −4.0% 1901 1,079 +11.5% 1911 948 −12.1% 1921 991 +4.5% 1931 1,143 +15.3% 1946 1,279 +11.9% 1954 1,305 +2.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1962 1,322 +1.3% 1968 1,523 +15.2% 1975 2,147 +41.0% 1982 2,309 +7.5% 1990 2,524 +9.3% 1999 2,519 −0.2% 2005 2,640 +4.8% 2015 2,595 −1.7%

Twin towns

L'Étrat is twinned with:

• Vörstetten, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Loire department