Aurec-sur-Loire

Aurec-sur-Loire
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Aurec-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 45°22′12″N 4°12′09″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Aurec-sur-Loire
Intercommunality	Loire et Semène
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Claude Vial
Area 1	22.44 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,171
• Density	280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43012 /43110
Elevation	414–821 m (1,358–2,694 ft) (avg. 432 m or 1,417 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aurec-sur-Loire is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,104	—
1800	1,896	−9.9%
1806	2,113	+11.4%
1821	2,407	+13.9%
1831	2,570	+6.8%
1836	2,575	+0.2%
1841	2,591	+0.6%
1846	2,710	+4.6%
1851	2,700	−0.4%
1856	2,812	+4.1%
1861	2,829	+0.6%
1866	2,455	−13.2%
1872	2,531	+3.1%
1876	2,613	+3.2%
1881	2,674	+2.3%
1886	2,599	−2.8%
1891	2,511	−3.4%
1896	2,232	−11.1%
1901	2,568	+15.1%
1906	2,801	+9.1%
1911	2,591	−7.5%
1921	2,095	−19.1%
1926	2,234	+6.6%
1931	2,609	+16.8%
1936	2,668	+2.3%
1946	2,609	−2.2%
1954	2,745	+5.2%
1962	3,106	+13.2%
1968	3,620	+16.5%
1975	3,975	+9.8%
1982	4,248	+6.9%
1990	4,510	+6.2%
1999	4,895	+8.5%
2006	5,229	+6.8%
2009	5,557	+6.3%
2010	5,614	+1.0%
2011	5,675	+1.1%
2012	5,804	+2.3%
2013	5,919	+2.0%
2014	6,035	+2.0%
2015	6,102	+1.1%

Galleries

• 
  Ramparts.
• 
  Former doorway to the Castle.
• 
  North face
• 
  Tower of the Burgundians.
• 
  Nave.
• 
  Baptismal Fonts
• 
  Altar and altarpiece.
• 
  Pieta.
• 
  St. Peter.
• 
  St. Michael.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department