Espaly-Saint-Marcel

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Espaly-Saint-Marcel

(2020–2026) Christianne Mosnier^[1]Area

6.29 km² (2.43 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,547 • Density560/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43089 /43000

Elevation618–892 m (2,028–2,927 ft)
(avg. 650 m or 2,130 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Espaly-Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [ɛspali sɛ̃ maʁsɛl]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	956	—
1821	1,036	+0.29%
1846	1,388	+1.18%
1872	1,991	+1.40%
1901	2,056	+0.11%
1926	2,235	+0.33%
1946	2,266	+0.07%
1962	2,775	+1.27%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,990	+1.25%
1975	3,632	+2.82%
1982	3,516	−0.46%
1990	3,516	+0.00%
1999	3,552	+0.11%
2007	3,627	+0.26%
2012	3,511	−0.65%
2017	3,513	+0.01%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "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 Espaly-Saint-Marcel, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE