Le Chambon-Feugerolles

Le Chambon-Feugerolles
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Le Chambon-Feugerolles
Le Chambon-Feugerolles Le Chambon-Feugerolles
Coordinates: 45°23′49″N 4°19′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-2
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-François Barnier
Area 1	17.51 km2 (6.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	12,066
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42044 /42500
Elevation	464–849 m (1,522–2,785 ft) (avg. 496 m or 1,627 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Chambon-Feugerolles is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,180	—
1806	1,234	+4.6%
1821	1,426	+15.6%
1831	1,600	+12.2%
1841	4,028	+151.8%
1851	3,868	−4.0%
1861	5,514	+42.6%
1872	6,772	+22.8%
1881	8,160	+20.5%
1891	9,016	+10.5%
1901	11,528	+27.9%
1911	12,714	+10.3%
1921	13,516	+6.3%
1931	15,106	+11.8%
1946	15,653	+3.6%
1954	17,695	+13.0%
1962	20,320	+14.8%
1968	21,987	+8.2%
1975	20,091	−8.6%
1982	18,149	−9.7%
1990	16,070	−11.5%
1999	14,090	−12.3%
2006	12,776	−9.3%
2015	12,656	−0.9%

Twin towns

Le Chambon-Feugerolles is twinned with:

• Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany, since 1973

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• France National Institute of Statistics