Le Teil

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Teil

(2020–2026) Olivier Peverelli^[1]Area

26.59 km² (10.27 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,901 • Density330/km² (870/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

07319 /07400

Elevation55–460 m (180–1,509 ft)
(avg. 73 m or 240 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Teil (French pronunciation: [lə.tɛj]) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. The writer Romain Roussel (1898–1973) winner of the Prix Interallié in 1937 was born in Le Teil.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,588	—
1975	8,143	−0.76%
1982	8,089	−0.10%
1990	7,779	−0.49%
1999	7,999	+0.31%
2007	7,941	−0.09%
2012	8,197	+0.64%
2017	8,677	+1.14%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Geography

An earthquake damaged numerous buildings and injured four people in 2019.^[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
^ Wei-Haas, Maya (15 November 2019). "Weird earthquake just put a crack in France". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.