Loire-sur-Rhône

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Loire-sur-Rhône

(2020–2026) Guy Martinet^[1]Area

16.6 km² (6.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,698 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69118 /69700

Elevation145–548 m (476–1,798 ft)
(avg. 157 m or 515 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loire-sur-Rhône (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ syʁ ʁon], literally Loire on Rhône) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,950	—
1975	1,788	−1.23%
1982	1,937	+1.15%
1990	1,927	−0.06%
1999	2,126	+1.10%
2007	2,328	+1.14%
2012	2,473	+1.22%
2017	2,559	+0.69%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

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