Allègre
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Allègre (French pronunciation: [alɛɡʁ]; Occitan: Alègre) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Allègre | |
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Commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Allègre | |
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| Coordinates: 45°12′01″N 3°42′45″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Haute-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| Canton | Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique |
| Intercommunality | CA du Puy-en-Velay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilbert Meyssonnier[1] |
Area 1 | 23.57 km2 (9.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 922 |
| • Density | 39.1/km2 (101/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 43003 /43270 |
| Elevation | 880–1,172 m (2,887–3,845 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,512 | — |
| 1975 | 1,459 | −0.51% |
| 1982 | 1,313 | −1.49% |
| 1990 | 1,176 | −1.37% |
| 1999 | 1,007 | −1.71% |
| 2009 | 996 | −0.11% |
| 2014 | 955 | −0.84% |
| 2020 | 873 | −1.49% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Sights
- Château d'Allègre: ruined castle, protected since 1935 as a monument historique[4]
Personalities
- Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 19 April 2008), French anthropologist, was born in Allègre. She was interred at the Panthéon in Paris on May 27, 2015, for his role in the French Resistance.[5]
