Châteauneuf, Loire

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Châteauneuf

(2020–2026) Bernard Laget^[1]Area

13.65 km² (5.27 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,675 • Density120/km² (320/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42053 /42800

Elevation208–657 m (682–2,156 ft)
(avg. 230 m or 750 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châteauneuf (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France, midway between Saint-Etienne and Lyon on the A-47 motorway.

Châteauneuf is home to one of the units of ArcelorMittal subsidiary Industeel France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	776	—
1975	902	+2.17%
1982	1,173	+3.82%
1990	1,351	+1.78%
1999	1,445	+0.75%
2009	1,462	+0.12%
2014	1,539	+1.03%
2020	1,651	+1.18%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Magnet Steel - XC06". data.gov.uk. 12 June 2013.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE