La Tour-en-Jarez

La Tour-en-Jarez
Commune
Location of La Tour-en-Jarez
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Coordinates: 45°29′09″N 4°23′21″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roland Goujon
Area 1	5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,473
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42311 /42580
Elevation	453–698 m (1,486–2,290 ft) (avg. 540 m or 1,770 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Tour-en-Jarez is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 664 —     1806 749 +12.8% 1821 776 +3.6% 1831 784 +1.0% 1841 800 +2.0% 1851 878 +9.7% 1861 938 +6.8% 1872 1,391 +48.3% 1881 1,571 +12.9% 1891 502 −68.0% 1901 504 +0.4% 1911 503 −0.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 504 +0.2% 1931 511 +1.4% 1946 618 +20.9% 1954 569 −7.9% 1962 610 +7.2% 1968 639 +4.8% 1975 883 +38.2% 1982 1,042 +18.0% 1990 1,123 +7.8% 1999 1,233 +9.8% 2007 1,242 +0.7% 2017 1,479 +19.1%

Twin towns

La Tour-en-Jarez is twinned with:

• Vörstetten, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Loire department