Saint-Martin-la-Plaine

Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
Saint-Martin-la-Plaine Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
Coordinates: 45°32′48″N 4°35′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Rive-de-Gier
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Fayolle
Area 1	9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,784
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42259 /42800
Elevation	257–630 m (843–2,067 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,709	—
1806	1,729	+1.2%
1821	1,689	−2.3%
1831	1,974	+16.9%
1841	2,011	+1.9%
1851	2,163	+7.6%
1861	2,357	+9.0%
1872	1,643	−30.3%
1881	1,682	+2.4%
1891	1,682	+0.0%
1901	1,715	+2.0%
1911	1,680	−2.0%
1921	1,516	−9.8%
1931	1,558	+2.8%
1946	1,503	−3.5%
1954	1,692	+12.6%
1962	1,879	+11.1%
1968	1,956	+4.1%
1975	2,311	+18.1%
1982	2,430	+5.1%
1990	3,168	+30.4%
1999	3,424	+8.1%
2011	3,706	+8.2%
2017	3,755	+1.3%

Twin towns

Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is twinned with:

• Igensdorf, Germany, since 1992

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file