Bourg-Argental

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bourg-Argental

(2020–2026) Stéphane Heyraud^[1]Area

20.15 km² (7.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,949 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42023 /42220

Elevation450–1,003 m (1,476–3,291 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourg-Argental (French pronunciation: [buʁk‿aʁʒɑ̃tal] ^ⓘ; Arpitan: Lo Bôrg-Argentâf; Occitan: Lo Borg d'Argentau) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,091	—
1975	3,239	+0.67%
1982	3,150	−0.40%
1990	2,877	−1.13%
1999	2,767	−0.43%
2007	2,949	+0.80%
2012	2,959	+0.07%
2017	2,922	−0.25%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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