Retournac

Retournac
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Retournac
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Coordinates: 45°12′16″N 4°02′02″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Bas-en-Basset
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patricia Goudard[1]
Area ^1	45.76 km^2 (17.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,977
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43162 /43130
Elevation	479–1,064 m (1,572–3,491 ft) (avg. 509 m or 1,670 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Retournac (French pronunciation: [ʁətuʁnak]; Occitan: Retornac) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 4,019 —     1821 3,352 −0.65% 1846 3,623 +0.31% 1872 3,411 −0.23% 1901 3,630 +0.21% 1926 3,037 −0.71% 1946 3,028 −0.01% 1962 2,748 −0.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,600 −0.92% 1975 2,558 −0.23% 1982 2,249 −1.82% 1990 2,270 +0.12% 1999 2,293 +0.11% 2007 2,590 +1.53% 2012 2,788 +1.48% 2017 2,929 +0.99%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Retournac, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE