Siaugues-Sainte-Marie

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 / 45.0947°N 3.6333°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Brioude
Canton	Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan
Intercommunality	Langeadois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	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 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%
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

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.