Chambles

Chambles
Commune
Tower and staircase
Coat of arms
Location of Chambles
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Coordinates: 45°26′34″N 4°14′20″E / 45.4428°N 4.2389°E / 45.4428; 4.2389
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Giraud[1]
Area ^1	18.9 km^2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	1,075
• Density	56.9/km^2 (147/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42042 /42170
Elevation	360–741 m (1,181–2,431 ft) (avg. 640 m or 2,100 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chambles (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃bl]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. The commune has an area of 18.90 km² and its altitude ranges from 360 to 741 meters.^[3] As of 2019, there were 522 dwellings in Chambles, of which 420 main residences.^[4]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 700 —     1800 700 +0.00% 1806 698 −0.05% 1821 715 +0.16% 1831 702 −0.18% 1836 782 +2.18% 1841 791 +0.23% 1846 897 +2.55% 1851 975 +1.68% 1856 1,020 +0.91% 1861 803 −4.67% 1866 912 +2.58% 1872 685 −4.66% 1876 696 +0.40% 1881 724 +0.79% 1886 707 −0.47% 1891 655 −1.52% 1896 647 −0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 580 −2.16% 1906 550 −1.06% 1911 516 −1.27% 1921 467 −0.99% 1926 465 −0.09% 1931 424 −1.83% 1936 380 −2.17% 1946 290 −2.67% 1954 279 −0.48% 1962 288 +0.40% 1968 295 +0.40% 1975 356 +2.72% 1982 545 +6.27% 1990 624 +1.71% 1999 762 +2.24% 2007 914 +2.30% 2012 967 +1.13% 2017 1,000 +0.67%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chambles, EHESS (in French).
4. Logement en 2019, INSEE
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE