Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois

Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
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Coordinates: 45°24′08″N 4°11′02″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Bonnet[1]
Area ^1	31.83 km^2 (12.29 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,822
• Density	57/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42262 /42240
Elevation	422–816 m (1,385–2,677 ft) (avg. 790 m or 2,590 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois (French: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis ɑ̃ ɡuʁɡwa]; Occitan: Sent Maurice de Gorgueis) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	823	—
1975	754	−1.24%
1982	859	+1.88%
1990	1,006	+1.99%
1999	1,277	+2.69%
2009	1,713	+2.98%
2014	1,770	+0.66%
2020	1,819	+0.46%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE