Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Boën-sur-Lignon | |
| Community association | Loire Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 56 ′ E | |
| height | 452-1,134 m | |
| surface | 23.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 420 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42990 | |
| INSEE code | 42227 | |
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan is a French municipality with 420 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison and is part of the canton of Boën-sur-Lignon (until 2015: canton of Saint-Georges-en-Couzan ).
geography
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan is located about 46 kilometers northwest of Saint-Étienne in the Forez in the Massif Central . Saint-Georges-en-Couzan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Palogneux in the north, Sail-sous-Couzan in the northeast, Trelins in the east and northeast, Marcoux in the east, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau in the south, Sauvain in the southwest, Chalmazel- Jeansagnière to the west and Saint-Just-en-Bas to the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 682 | 631 | 591 | 579 | 539 | 460 | 428 | 424 |
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Attractions
- church
