Saint-Front, Haute-Loire

Saint-Front
Commune
Mezenc cottages
Location of Saint-Front
Saint-Front Saint-Front
Coordinates: 44°58′41″N 4°08′35″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Delabre
Area 1	52.33 km2 (20.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	409
• Density	7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43186 /43550
Elevation	796–1,594 m (2,612–5,230 ft) (avg. 1,223 m or 4,012 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Front is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay forms most of the commune's southeastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,766	—
1806	2,436	−11.9%
1821	2,404	−1.3%
1831	2,498	+3.9%
1841	3,033	+21.4%
1851	2,600	−14.3%
1861	2,521	−3.0%
1872	2,589	+2.7%
1881	2,372	−8.4%
1891	2,504	+5.6%
1901	2,558	+2.2%
1911	2,562	+0.2%
1921	2,124	−17.1%
1931	1,760	−17.1%
1946	1,646	−6.5%
1954	1,317	−20.0%
1962	1,224	−7.1%
1968	1,106	−9.6%
1975	849	−23.2%
1982	644	−24.1%
1990	544	−15.5%
1999	509	−6.4%
2011	445	−12.6%
2017	403	−9.4%

Gallery

• 
  The Church of Saint-Front
• 
  The Church and the old Cemetery
• 
  Statue of the Virgin Mary
• 
  The lake of Saint-Front

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file