Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay

Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
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Coordinates: 45°56′55″N 4°12′45″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Roanne
Canton	Le Coteau
Intercommunality	Pays entre Loire et Rhône
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Geay
Area ^1	33.57 km^2 (12.96 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,887
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42289 /42470
Elevation	305–621 m (1,001–2,037 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	3,250	—
1806	2,225	−31.5%
1821	2,497	+12.2%
1831	4,500	+80.2%
1841	3,989	−11.4%
1851	4,236	+6.2%
1861	4,652	+9.8%
1872	4,367	−6.1%
1881	2,740	−37.3%
1891	2,650	−3.3%
1901	2,575	−2.8%
1911	2,519	−2.2%
1921	2,133	−15.3%
1931	2,064	−3.2%
1946	1,792	−13.2%
1954	1,678	−6.4%
1962	1,676	−0.1%
1968	1,604	−4.3%
1975	1,549	−3.4%
1982	1,544	−0.3%
1990	1,489	−3.6%
1999	1,427	−4.2%
2011	1,845	+29.3%
2017	1,887	+2.3%

Personalities

The commune was the birthplace of Suzanne Aubert.

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.