Saint-Didier-en-Velay

Saint-Didier-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Didier-en-Velay
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Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 4°16′32″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Intercommunality	Loire-Semène
Government
• Mayor (2017–2020)	Madeleine Chabanolle
Area ^1	25.56 km^2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,403
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43177 /43140
Elevation	640–924 m (2,100–3,031 ft) (avg. 835 m or 2,740 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	3,203	—
1806	4,153	+29.7%
1821	3,540	−14.8%
1831	3,795	+7.2%
1841	3,972	+4.7%
1851	4,555	+14.7%
1861	5,220	+14.6%
1872	4,743	−9.1%
1881	4,963	+4.6%
1891	5,346	+7.7%
1901	5,891	+10.2%
1911	5,857	−0.6%
1921	5,126	−12.5%
1931	3,034	−40.8%
1946	2,586	−14.8%
1954	2,586	+0.0%
1962	2,603	+0.7%
1968	2,555	−1.8%
1975	2,422	−5.2%
1982	2,580	+6.5%
1900	2,723	+5.5%
1999	2,891	+6.2%
2007	3,302	+14.2%
2017	3,403	+3.1%

Sights

In the church of Saint Didier, there is one of the most impressive painting of the well known Spanish painter Zurbaran.

Personalities

• Claude-Jean Allouez
• Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667–1742), sculptor and architect

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file

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