Verrières-en-Forez

Verrières-en-Forez
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Verrières-en-Forez
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Coordinates: 45°34′18″N 3°59′51″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Montbrison
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Peyronnet
Area 1	21.17 km2 (8.17 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	723
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42328 /42600
Elevation	540–1,272 m (1,772–4,173 ft) (avg. 825 m or 2,707 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 900 —     1806 928 +3.1% 1821 1,006 +8.4% 1831 1,175 +16.8% 1841 1,325 +12.8% 1851 1,036 −21.8% 1861 1,277 +23.3% 1872 1,231 −3.6% 1881 1,365 +10.9% 1891 1,270 −7.0% 1901 1,255 −1.2% 1911 1,035 −17.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 988 −4.5% 1931 851 −13.9% 1946 720 −15.4% 1954 710 −1.4% 1962 587 −17.3% 1968 512 −12.8% 1975 445 −13.1% 1982 445 +0.0% 1990 540 +21.3% 1999 624 +15.6% 2012 664 +6.4% 2017 705 +6.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

External links

• Official website
• Verrières-en-Forez on Maplandia