Champdieu
Champdieu
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Commune | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Champdieu | |
  Champdieu Location within France  Champdieu Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 45°38′44″N 4°02′46″E / 45.6456°N 4.0461°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison |
| Canton | Boën-sur-Lignon |
| Intercommunality | CA Loire Forez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrice Couchaud[1] |
Area 1 | 18.2 km2 (7.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 727 m (2,385 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 363 m (1,191 ft) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,064 |
| • Density | 113/km2 (294/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 42046 /42600 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Champdieu (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃djø]; Arpitan: Chandié [ʃã.ˈdʒi]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
History
[edit]The village developed around a Benedictine priory, established in the 9th or 10th century. The priory church and three sides of the adjacent cloister have been preserved.[3]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 858 | — |
| 1975 | 1,120 | +3.88% |
| 1982 | 1,291 | +2.05% |
| 1990 | 1,355 | +0.61% |
| 1999 | 1,471 | +0.92% |
| 2007 | 1,627 | +1.27% |
| 2012 | 1,751 | +1.48% |
| 2017 | 1,919 | +1.85% |
| 2023 | 2,064 | +1.22% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Base Mérimée: Prieuré, French Ministry of Culture (in French)
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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