Violay

Violay
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Violay
Violay Violay
Coordinates: 45°51′14″N 4°21′31″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Balbigny
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Véronique Chaverot
Area 1	27.07 km2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,215
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Violaysien(ne)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42334 /42780
Elevation	535–1,004 m (1,755–3,294 ft) (avg. 830 m or 2,720 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Violay is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,500	—
1806	1,539	+2.6%
1821	1,522	−1.1%
1831	2,167	+42.4%
1841	2,118	−2.3%
1851	1,904	−10.1%
1861	1,980	+4.0%
1872	2,092	+5.7%
1881	1,931	−7.7%
1891	1,959	+1.5%
1901	1,913	−2.3%
1911	1,808	−5.5%
1921	1,495	−17.3%
1931	1,432	−4.2%
1946	1,332	−7.0%
1954	1,294	−2.9%
1962	1,314	+1.5%
1968	1,339	+1.9%
1975	1,344	+0.4%
1982	1,380	+2.7%
1990	1,425	+3.3%
1999	1,343	−5.8%
2009	1,339	−0.3%
2017	1,239	−7.5%

See also

• Communes of the Loire department