Saint-Médard-en-Forez

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Médard-en-Forez

(2020–2026) Sébastien Deshayes^[1]Area

10.39 km² (4.01 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

961 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42264 /42330

Elevation387–656 m (1,270–2,152 ft)
(avg. 554 m or 1,818 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Médard-en-Forez (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ medaʁ ɑ̃ fɔʁɛ], literally Saint-Médard in Forez) is a commune in the Loire département in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	409	—
1975	428	+0.65%
1982	582	+4.49%
1990	708	+2.48%
1999	806	+1.45%
2009	924	+1.38%
2014	1,059	+2.76%
2020	965	−1.54%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE