Usson-en-Forez

Usson-en-Forez
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Usson-en-Forez
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Coordinates: 45°23′27″N 3°56′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Loire Forez Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Hervé Beal
Area 1	47.24 km2 (18.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,474
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42318 /42550
Elevation	767–1,137 m (2,516–3,730 ft) (avg. 915 m or 3,002 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Usson-en-Forez is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,000	—
1806	3,506	+16.9%
1821	2,873	−18.1%
1831	3,800	+32.3%
1841	3,788	−0.3%
1851	3,736	−1.4%
1861	3,470	−7.1%
1872	3,272	−5.7%
1881	3,188	−2.6%
1891	3,149	−1.2%
1901	2,929	−7.0%
1911	2,878	−1.7%
1921	2,507	−12.9%
1931	2,201	−12.2%
1946	2,103	−4.5%
1954	1,922	−8.6%
1962	1,820	−5.3%
1968	1,698	−6.7%
1975	1,456	−14.3%
1982	1,342	−7.8%
1990	1,265	−5.7%
1999	1,232	−2.6%
2010	1,466	+19.0%
2017	1,482	+1.1%

Personalities

• Lazarite priest Jean-Claude Faveyrial (1813–1893), author of the first book on the history of Albania.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department