Saint-Bonnet-le-Château

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château (Occitan: Sant Bonet dau Chastèl) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Tower of the collegiate church of Saint-Bonnet
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Coordinates: 45°25′28″N 4°04′01″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roger Violante
Area 1	1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)	1,517
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42204 /42380
Elevation	779–952 m (2,556–3,123 ft) (avg. 860 m or 2,820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,600 —     1806 1,786 +11.6% 1821 2,011 +12.6% 1831 2,169 +7.9% 1841 2,251 +3.8% 1851 2,108 −6.4% 1861 2,230 +5.8% 1872 2,237 +0.3% 1881 2,303 +3.0% 1891 2,311 +0.3% 1901 2,272 −1.7% 1911 2,480 +9.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,216 −10.6% 1931 2,244 +1.3% 1946 2,046 −8.8% 1954 2,002 −2.2% 1962 2,115 +5.6% 1968 2,280 +7.8% 1975 2,243 −1.6% 1982 1,905 −15.1% 1990 1,687 −11.4% 1999 1,562 −7.4% 2011 1,583 +1.3% 2016 1,536 −3.0%

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château is twinned with:

• Bishop's Waltham, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

• INSEE commune file