Saint-Pal-de-Mons

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint Pal de Mons

(2020–2026) Patrick Riffard^[1]Area

27.11 km² (10.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,291 • Density85/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43213 /43620

Elevation615–969 m (2,018–3,179 ft)
(avg. 842 m or 2,762 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pal-de-Mons (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pal də mɔ̃]; Occitan: Sent Pal de Mons) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,460	—
1821	1,693	+0.53%
1846	2,100	+0.87%
1872	2,044	−0.10%
1901	2,509	+0.71%
1926	2,519	+0.02%
1946	1,682	−2.00%
1962	1,521	−0.63%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,416	−1.19%
1975	1,365	−0.52%
1982	1,423	+0.60%
1990	1,542	+1.01%
1999	1,748	+1.40%
2007	1,991	+1.64%
2012	2,173	+1.76%
2017	2,281	+0.97%

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

Personalities

Paul Durieu (1830–1899), first Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada

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-Pal-de-Mons, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE