Langeac

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Langeac

(2020–2026) Gérard Beaud^[1]Area

33.94 km² (13.10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,437 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43112 /43300

Elevation488–951 m (1,601–3,120 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Langeac (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ʒak]; Occitan: Lanjac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is located about 30 km west of Le Puy-en-Velay, and about 100 km southwest of Lyon.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,554	—
1821	1,983	+0.87%
1846	3,207	+1.94%
1872	3,773	+0.63%
1901	4,574	+0.67%
1926	4,276	−0.27%
1946	5,225	+1.01%
1962	4,826	−0.50%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,934	+0.37%
1975	4,853	−0.24%
1982	4,609	−0.73%
1990	4,195	−1.17%
1999	4,070	−0.34%
2007	3,943	−0.40%
2012	3,906	−0.19%
2017	3,662	−1.28%

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

Monuments

Church of Saint-Gal

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 Langeac, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE