Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

(2020–2026) Marc Chavanne^[1]Area

11.59 km² (4.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,611 • Density570/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42237 /42650

Elevation418–663 m (1,371–2,175 ft)
(avg. 525 m or 1,722 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ bɔnfɔ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,285	—
1800	2,189	−0.61%
1806	2,355	+1.23%
1821	2,572	+0.59%
1831	4,022	+4.57%
1836	4,263	+1.17%
1841	4,808	+2.44%
1846	4,630	−0.75%
1851	6,357	+6.55%
1856	8,617	+6.27%
1861	8,898	+0.64%
1866	4,705	−11.97%
1872	4,440	−0.96%
1876	4,316	−0.71%
1881	3,970	−1.66%
1886	4,029	+0.30%
1891	4,167	+0.68%
1896	4,031	−0.66%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	4,147	+0.57%
1906	3,862	−1.41%
1911	3,784	−0.41%
1921	4,017	+0.60%
1926	4,140	+0.61%
1931	4,124	−0.08%
1936	3,978	−0.72%
1946	3,838	−0.36%
1954	4,388	+1.69%
1962	4,585	+0.55%
1968	4,460	−0.46%
1975	4,943	+1.48%
1982	6,285	+3.49%
1990	6,412	+0.25%
1999	6,089	−0.57%
2007	6,030	−0.12%
2012	6,512	+1.55%
2017	6,638	+0.38%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

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
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE