Panissières

Panissières
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Panissières
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Coordinates: 45°47′32″N 4°20′36″E / 45.7922°N 4.3433°E / 45.7922; 4.3433
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Feurs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Mollard[1]
Area ^1	26.71 km^2 (10.31 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,882
• Density	107.9/km^2 (279.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42165 /42360
Elevation	426–835 m (1,398–2,740 ft) (avg. 641 m or 2,103 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Panissières (French pronunciation: [panisjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 3,000 —     1821 4,022 +1.05% 1846 4,039 +0.02% 1872 4,636 +0.53% 1901 4,488 −0.11% 1926 3,632 −0.84% 1946 3,126 −0.75% 1962 3,412 +0.55%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 3,276 −0.68% 1975 3,046 −1.03% 1982 2,903 −0.68% 1990 2,867 −0.16% 1999 2,860 −0.03% 2007 2,853 −0.03% 2012 2,958 +0.73% 2017 2,929 −0.20%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[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 de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Panissières, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE