Saint-Didier-en-Velay
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Saint-Didier-en-Velay | |
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 45°18′08″N 4°16′30″E / 45.30222°N 4.27500°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Haute-Loire |
Arrondissement | Yssingeaux |
Canton | Deux Rivières et Vallées |
Intercommunality | Loire-Semène |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Emmanuel Salgado[1] |
Area 1 | 25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,480 |
• Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 43177 /43140 |
Elevation | 640–924 m (2,100–3,031 ft) (avg. 835 m or 2,740 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Saint-Didier-en-Velay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ didje ɑ̃ vəlɛ], literally Saint-Didier in Velay; Occitan: Sant Desdèir de La Seuva) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.[3]
Population
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Sights
[edit]In the church of Saint Didier, there is an impressive Spanish Baroque painting of Mary Magdalene which has been attributed to Murillo or Zurbarán.[6] It is most likely a 17th century copy of a painting by Murillo.[7]
Personalities
[edit]- Claude-Jean Allouez
- Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667–1742), sculptor and architect
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Didier-en-Velay, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Saint-Didier-en-Velay : un tableau de Zurbaran ?, La gazette de la Haute-Loire, 8 June 2012
- ^ tableau : sainte Madeleine, Palissy database
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