Le Rouget

Le Rouget is a former commune in the département of Cantal in south-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Rouget-Pers.[2]

Le Rouget
A general view of Le Rouget
Location of Le Rouget
Le Rouget
Le Rouget
Coordinates: 44°51′19″N 2°13′57″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentCantal
ArrondissementAurillac
CantonSaint-Mamet-la-Salvetat
CommuneLe Rouget-Pers
Area
1
8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
973
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
15290
Elevation555–665 m (1,821–2,182 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Rouget, having grown from a hamlet as a result of coming of the railway, will not be found on many 19th-century maps. It was not granted commune status (and, with it, the right to elect a mayor of its own) until September 1945,[3] but is today a more important commercial and employment centre than the nearby historic cantonal centres of Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat and Laroquebrou, although it lacks their architectural and historical interest.

A market is held every Sunday morning.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962834    
1968918+10.1%
1975963+4.9%
1982902−6.3%
1990910+0.9%
1999901−1.0%
2006957+6.2%
2012962+0.5%
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