Dunières

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Dunières

(2020–2026) Pierre Durieux^[1]Area

34.75 km² (13.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,631 • Density76/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43087 /43220

Elevation711–1,033 m (2,333–3,389 ft)
(avg. 765 m or 2,510 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dunières (French pronunciation: [dynjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,010	—
1821	2,495	+0.77%
1846	2,339	−0.26%
1872	2,470	+0.21%
1901	3,219	+0.92%
1926	3,173	−0.06%
1946	3,077	−0.15%
1962	3,227	+0.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,146	−0.42%
1975	2,996	−0.70%
1982	3,014	+0.09%
1990	3,009	−0.02%
1999	2,949	−0.22%
2007	2,996	+0.20%
2012	2,898	−0.66%
2017	2,787	−0.78%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[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.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Dunières, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE