Siaugues-Sainte-Marie

Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
Commune
Chapel of Sainte-Marie-des-Chazes
Location of Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
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Coordinates: 45°05′41″N 3°38′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Ruat
Area 1	40.01 km2 (15.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	816
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43239 /43300
Elevation	540–1,301 m (1,772–4,268 ft) (avg. 910 m or 2,990 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Siaugues-Sainte-Marie (French pronunciation: [sjoɡ sɛ̃t maʁi]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire département in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,823 —     1806 1,680 −7.8% 1821 1,875 +11.6% 1831 2,023 +7.9% 1841 1,968 −2.7% 1851 1,867 −5.1% 1861 1,801 −3.5% 1872 1,760 −2.3% 1881 1,720 −2.3% 1891 1,734 +0.8% 1901 1,743 +0.5% 1911 1,630 −6.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,539 −5.6% 1931 1,304 −15.3% 1946 1,075 −17.6% 1954 1,021 −5.0% 1962 905 −11.4% 1968 883 −2.4% 1975 1,012 +14.6% 1982 954 −5.7% 1990 832 −12.8% 1999 798 −4.1% 2012 792 −0.8% 2017 799 +0.9%

Château de Saint Romain

Main article: Château de Saint Romain

Siaugues is overlooked by the ruined towers of a castle established in the 13th century by Saint Louis IX to repel Angevin forces based to the west on the opposite side of the river Allier.

The castle changed hands several times, coming into the possession of the La Fayette family in c.1400 under Gilbert Motier de La Fayette. It remained in the family until the French Revolution when it was taken by the commune and used as a quarry. The castle then passed into private ownership and some preservation work has begun.

Personalities

• Maurice Fombeure, poet

External links

• Commune website