Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Location of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson

(2020–2026) Lionel Chanimbaud^[1]Area

15.58 km² (6.02 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

255 • Density16/km² (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

63340 /63580

Elevation461–815 m (1,512–2,674 ft)
(avg. 800 m or 2,600 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn syʁ ysɔ̃], literally Saint-Étienne on Usson; Auvergnat: Sent Estève d’Içon) is a commune in the south-central French department of Puy-de-Dôme, in Auvergne.^[3]

It is the setting for the 2002 documentary film To Be and to Have (French: Être et avoir), about the commune's one-room primary school.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file