Bellegarde-en-Forez

Bellegarde-en-Forez
Commune
Chateau
Location of Bellegarde-en-Forez
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Coordinates: 45°38′53″N 4°17′56″E / 45.6481°N 4.2989°E / 45.6481; 4.2989
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Andrézieux-Bouthéon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Laffont[1]
Area ^1	18.91 km^2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,004
• Density	106.0/km^2 (274.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42013 /42210
Elevation	361–606 m (1,184–1,988 ft) (avg. 406 m or 1,332 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellegarde-en-Forez (French pronunciation: [bɛlɡaʁd ɑ̃ fɔʁɛ], literally Bellegarde in Forez; Arpitan: Bèlagouârda) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,043	—
1975	1,081	+0.51%
1982	1,280	+2.44%
1990	1,283	+0.03%
1999	1,464	+1.48%
2009	1,833	+2.27%
2014	1,987	+1.63%
2020	1,987	+0.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

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 de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE