Saint-Jeures

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Saint-Jeures

(2020–2026) André Duboeuf^[1]Area

34.14 km² (13.18 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

972 • Density28/km² (74/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

43199 /43200

Elevation749–1,208 m (2,457–3,963 ft)
(avg. 1,040 m or 3,410 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jeures (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒœʁ]; Occitan: Sant Gèire) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is around 40 km southwest of Saint-Étienne.^[3]

Geography

The river Lignon du Velay flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,059	—
1975	917	−2.04%
1982	775	−2.37%
1990	767	−0.13%
1999	782	+0.22%
2009	906	+1.48%
2014	954	+1.04%
2020	967	+0.23%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Personalities

Joseph Bonet de Treyches, politician during the French Revolution, was born here on 28 March 1757.
Philippe Vocanson, the oldest man in France (for 16 months) and in Europe (for 4 months), was born here on 20 October 1904. He died in Saint-Étienne on 18 January 2015 aged 110.^[5]^[6]

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
^ "Saint-Étienne : le doyen des Français est mort à 110 ans". Le Progrès. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ "Le doyen des Français est mort à l'âge de 110 ans". Libération. Retrieved 23 January 2015.