Saint-Haon
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| Canton | Velay volcanique | |
| Community association | Pays de Cayres et de Pradelles | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 51 ′ N , 3 ° 46 ′ E | |
| height | 978-1,237 m | |
| surface | 37.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 300 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 8 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43340 | |
| INSEE code | 43192 | |
| Website | http://www.sainthaon43340.fr/ | |
Saint-Haon is a French commune of 300 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton Velay volcanique (until 2015 Pradelles ).
geography
Saint-Haon is located about nineteen kilometers south-southwest of Le Puy-en-Velay in the Massif Central and on the Allier , which borders the municipality to the west. Saint-Haon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ouides in the north, Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas in the east and northeast, Landos in the east and southeast, Rauret in the south, Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux in the southwest and Saint-Christophe-d'Allier in the north-west.
Route nationale 88 runs along the western edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 853 | 751 | 576 | 488 | 428 | 370 | 385 | 341 | 308 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
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- Saint-Haon church, historic monument since 1913
- renovated church
- Saint-Médard chapel
- Le Thord Castle
