Allègre

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Allègre

(2020–2026) Gilbert Meyssonnier^[1]Area

23.57 km² (9.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

861 • Density37/km² (95/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43003 /43270

Elevation880–1,172 m (2,887–3,845 ft)
(avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Allègre (French pronunciation: [alɛɡʁ]; Occitan: Alègre) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,512	—
1975	1,459	−0.51%
1982	1,313	−1.49%
1990	1,176	−1.37%
1999	1,007	−1.71%
2009	996	−0.11%
2014	955	−0.84%
2020	873	−1.49%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

Château d'Allègre: ruined castle, protected since 1935 as a monument historique^[4]

Personalities

Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 19 April 2008), French anthropologist, was born in Allègre.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: Ruines du château et terrain qui entoure ces ruines, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)