Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière

Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière
Commune
Location of Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière
Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière
Coordinates: 45°33′42″N 3°34′28″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Ambert
Canton	Les Monts du Livradois
Intercommunality	Haut-Livradois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Luc Coupat
Area 1	12.02 km2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	64
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63337 /63890
Elevation	854–1,118 m (2,802–3,668 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.

Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière

Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿elwa la glasjɛʁ]; Occitan: Sent Alòi de la Glaciera) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a member commune of the Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez.

Geography

The commune Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière contains the following localities: Les Amouillaux, Le Bourg, La Faye (shared with the commune of Échandelys), Le Griffol, Montgheol, Montgrain, Le Redondet, Sagne Neyre, Les Salles and La Vaisse (shared with the commune of Auzelles).

It borders on the following communes, clockwise from the north:

• Auzelles
• Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine
• Fournols
• Échandelys

Population history

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 550 —     1846 604 +0.18% 1881 411 −1.09% 1901 351 −0.79% 1921 293 −0.90% 1946 172 −2.11% 1962 113 −2.59% 1968 86 −4.45%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 82 −0.68% 1982 58 −4.83% 1990 54 −0.89% 1999 59 +0.99% 2007 62 +0.62% 2012 64 +0.64% 2017 56 −2.64%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department