La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay

(2020–2026) Christian Ducceschi^[1]Area

8.69 km² (3.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

771 • Density89/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42308 /42740

Elevation400–873 m (1,312–2,864 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay (French pronunciation: [la tɛʁas syʁ dɔʁlɛ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay takes its name from the Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier, which flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	500	—
1975	465	−1.03%
1982	520	+1.61%
1990	545	+0.59%
1999	653	+2.03%
2009	749	+1.38%
2014	783	+0.89%
2020	772	−0.24%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The dam on the Dorlay with storage capacity of 2,500,000 cubic metres (88,000,000 cu ft), is just upstream from the village.^[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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ CESAME (March 2010). "Prélèvements et gestion quantitative de la ressource sur le bassin versant du Gier Phase 1" (PDF). Saint-Etienne Metropole. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012.