Pélussin

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pélussin

(2020–2026) Michel Devrieux^[1]Area

32.16 km² (12.42 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,682 • Density110/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42168 /42410

Elevation240–1,340 m (790–4,400 ft)
(avg. 417 m or 1,368 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pélussin (French pronunciation: [pelysɛ̃]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Pélussin is made up of three districts : Notre-Dame, Les Croix and at the very top, Virieu.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	3,120	—
1821	3,194	+0.08%
1846	3,651	+0.54%
1872	3,564	−0.09%
1901	3,111	−0.47%
1926	3,272	+0.20%
1946	2,617	−1.11%
1962	2,591	−0.06%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,608	+0.11%
1975	2,600	−0.04%
1982	2,785	+0.99%
1990	3,132	+1.48%
1999	3,356	+0.77%
2007	3,434	+0.29%
2012	3,592	+0.90%
2017	3,765	+0.95%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

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