Saint-Genest-Lerpt

Saint-Genest-Lerpt (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒənɛ lɛʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Genest-Lerpt
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Coordinates: 45°26′49″N 4°20′15″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Saint-Étienne-3
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Julien[1]
Area 1	12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,183
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42223 /42530
Elevation	437–698 m (1,434–2,290 ft) (avg. 576 m or 1,890 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 763 —     1800 574 −3.98% 1806 751 +4.58% 1821 949 +1.57% 1831 1,308 +3.26% 1836 1,401 +1.38% 1841 1,600 +2.69% 1846 1,693 +1.14% 1851 1,824 +1.50% 1856 2,398 +5.62% 1861 2,515 +0.96% 1866 2,724 +1.61% 1872 2,841 +0.70% 1876 3,632 +6.33% 1881 3,425 −1.17% 1886 3,730 +1.72% 1891 3,959 +1.20% 1896 4,144 +0.92%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,331 +0.89% 1906 4,281 −0.23% 1911 4,128 −0.73% 1921 4,554 +0.99% 1926 4,570 +0.07% 1931 4,239 −1.49% 1936 4,238 −0.00% 1946 4,571 +0.76% 1954 5,115 +1.42% 1962 5,147 +0.08% 1968 5,331 +0.59% 1975 5,265 −0.18% 1982 5,308 +0.12% 1990 5,482 +0.40% 1999 5,672 +0.38% 2007 5,547 −0.28% 2012 5,867 +1.13% 2017 6,131 +0.88%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Twin towns

Saint-Genest-Lerpt is twinned with Palau, Sardinia, Italy, since 2005.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Genest-Lerpt, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE