Saint-Jean-Soleymieux

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Jean-Soleymieux

(2020–2026) Évelyne Chouvier^[1]Area

16.47 km² (6.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

848 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42240 /42560

Elevation699–1,204 m (2,293–3,950 ft)
(avg. 743 m or 2,438 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-Soleymieux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ sɔlemjø]; Arpitan: Sent-Jouan-Solèmi) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	584	—
1975	548	−0.90%
1982	581	+0.84%
1990	683	+2.04%
1999	726	+0.68%
2009	826	+1.30%
2014	848	+0.53%
2020	858	+0.20%
Source: INSEE^[4]

International relations

Saint-Jean-Soleymieux is twinned with Allesley, near Coventry, United Kingdom.^[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" (in French). 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.