Laussonne

Laussonne
Commune
Suc de Montchamp
Location of Laussonne
Laussonne Laussonne
Coordinates: 44°58′15″N 4°03′10″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Mézenc
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Gentes
Area 1	25.11 km2 (9.70 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,017
• Density	41/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43115 /43150
Elevation	796–1,191 m (2,612–3,907 ft) (avg. 929 m or 3,048 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,648	—
1806	1,751	+6.2%
1821	1,686	−3.7%
1831	1,802	+6.9%
1841	2,005	+11.3%
1851	2,000	−0.2%
1861	1,552	−22.4%
1872	1,750	+12.8%
1881	1,948	+11.3%
1891	1,996	+2.5%
1901	1,983	−0.7%
1911	1,974	−0.5%
1921	1,810	−8.3%
1931	1,506	−16.8%
1946	1,150	−23.6%
1954	1,144	−0.5%
1962	1,167	+2.0%
1968	1,124	−3.7%
1975	1,052	−6.4%
1982	1,040	−1.1%
1990	1,063	+2.2%
1999	991	−6.8%
2011	1,018	+2.7%
2017	1,010	−0.8%

Personalities

• Reine Antier (1801–83), founder of the Congrégation des Soeurs de l'Enfant-Jésus de Chauffailles, an order of teaching nuns.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department