Sainte-Florine

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Sainte-Florine

(2020–2026) Raymond Fouret^[1]Area

7.67 km² (2.96 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,253 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43185 /43250

Elevation400–511 m (1,312–1,677 ft)
(avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Florine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t flɔʁin]) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	942	—
1821	1,274	+1.08%
1846	1,608	+0.94%
1872	2,181	+1.18%
1901	3,243	+1.38%
1926	2,847	−0.52%
1946	2,755	−0.16%
1962	3,291	+1.12%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,625	+1.62%
1975	3,673	+0.19%
1982	3,335	−1.37%
1990	3,021	−1.23%
1999	3,002	−0.07%
2007	3,113	+0.45%
2012	3,072	−0.26%
2017	3,154	+0.53%

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

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