La Tour-en-Jarez

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Basson^[1]Area5.05 km² (1.95 sq mi)Population1,473 • Density290/km² (760/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation453–698 m (1,486–2,290 ft)
(avg. 540 m or 1,770 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Tour-en-Jarez (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ ɑ̃ ʒaʁɛ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It ceded part of its territory to the new commune of L'Étrat in 1884.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 664 —     1821 776 +0.56% 1846 870 +0.46% 1872 1,391 +1.82% 1901 504 −3.44% 1926 525 +0.16% 1946 518 −0.07% 1962 610 +1.03%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 639 +0.78% 1975 883 +4.73% 1982 1,042 +2.39% 1990 1,123 +0.94% 1999 1,163 +0.39% 2007 1,242 +0.82% 2012 1,462 +3.32% 2017 1,479 +0.23%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns

La Tour-en-Jarez is twinned with:

• Vörstetten, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Loire department

References