Siaugues-Sainte-Marie

Siaugues-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Haute-Loire département in south-central France.

Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
Commune
Chapel of Sainte-Marie-des-Chazes
Location of Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
Siaugues-Sainte-Marie
Coordinates: 45°05′41″N 3°38′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Loire
ArrondissementBrioude
CantonGorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan
IntercommunalityLangeadois
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Gilles Ruat
Area
1
40.01 km2 (15.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
799
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
43239 /43300
Elevation540–1,301 m (1,772–4,268 ft)
(avg. 910 m or 2,990 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
YearPop.±%
17931,823    
18061,680−7.8%
18211,875+11.6%
18312,023+7.9%
18411,968−2.7%
18511,867−5.1%
18611,801−3.5%
18721,760−2.3%
18811,720−2.3%
18911,734+0.8%
19011,743+0.5%
19111,630−6.5%
19211,539−5.6%
19311,304−15.3%
19461,075−17.6%
19541,021−5.0%
1962905−11.4%
1968883−2.4%
19751,012+14.6%
1982954−5.7%
1990832−12.8%
1999798−4.1%
2012792−0.8%
2017799+0.9%


Château de Saint Romain

Siaugues is overlooked by the ruined towers of a castle established in the 13th century by Saint Louis IX to repel Angevin forces based to the west on the opposite side of the River Allier.

The castle changed hands several times, coming into the possession of the La Fayette family in c.1400 under Gilbert Motier de La Fayette. It remained in the family until the French Revolution when it was taken by the commune and used as a quarry. The castle then passed into private ownership and some preservation work has begun.

Personalities

gollark: Radio is just TV with the video signal missing.
gollark: I wonder how hard/expensive it'd be to run your own channel on the satellite system if there are THAT many.
gollark: We have exciting TV like "BBC Parliament".
gollark: Analog TV got shut down here ages ago.
gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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