Sorbiers, Loire

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Sorbiers

(2020–2026) Marie-Christine Thivant^[1]Area

12.19 km² (4.71 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,042 • Density660/km² (1,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42302 /42290

Elevation435–822 m (1,427–2,697 ft)
(avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorbiers (French pronunciation: [sɔʁbje]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,102	—
1800	1,244	+1.75%
1806	1,309	+0.85%
1821	1,405	+0.47%
1831	1,415	+0.07%
1836	1,433	+0.25%
1841	1,616	+2.43%
1846	1,830	+2.52%
1851	2,030	+2.10%
1856	2,632	+5.33%
1861	3,098	+3.31%
1866	3,771	+4.01%
1872	2,023	−9.86%
1876	1,990	−0.41%
1881	1,792	−2.07%
1886	1,974	+1.95%
1891	2,017	+0.43%
1896	2,041	+0.24%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,890	−1.53%
1906	1,979	+0.92%
1911	1,781	−2.09%
1921	1,721	−0.34%
1926	1,871	+1.69%
1931	1,796	−0.81%
1936	1,863	+0.74%
1946	2,069	+1.05%
1954	2,298	+1.32%
1962	2,638	+1.74%
1968	3,648	+5.55%
1975	5,464	+5.94%
1982	6,424	+2.34%
1990	7,101	+1.26%
1999	7,399	+0.46%
2007	7,581	+0.30%
2012	7,868	+0.75%
2017	7,933	+0.16%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Sorbiers is twinned with:

Senj, Croatia
Novi Ligure, Italy

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sorbiers, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE