Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Place in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château Sant Bonet dau Chastèl (Occitan)
Tower of the collegiate church of Saint-Bonnet
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
(2020–2026)		Patrick Ledieu^[1]
Area ¹	1.87 km² (0.72 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,477
• Density	790/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42204 /42380
Elevation	779–952 m (2,556–3,123 ft) (avg. 860 m or 2,820 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château (French: [sɛ̃ bɔnɛ l(ə) ʃɑto]; Occitan: Sant Bonet dau Chastèl) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,280	—
1975	2,243	−0.23%
1982	1,905	−2.31%
1990	1,687	−1.51%
1999	1,562	−0.85%
2009	1,540	−0.14%
2014	1,568	+0.36%
2020	1,497	−0.77%
Source: INSEE^[4]

International relations

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château is twinned with:

Bishop's Waltham, United Kingdom^[5]

See also

Communes of the Loire department

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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

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