Saint-Victor-Malescours
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Haute Loire | |
Arrondissement | Yssingeaux | |
Canton | Deux Rivières et Vallées | |
Community association | Loire et Semène | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 18 ′ N , 4 ° 19 ′ E | |
height | 753-931 m | |
surface | 14.47 km 2 | |
Residents | 818 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 43140 | |
INSEE code | 43227 | |
Town hall ( Mairie ) of Saint-Victor-Malescours |
Saint-Victor-Malescours is a French municipality with 818 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Yssingeaux and the canton of Deux Rivières et Vallées (until 2015: canton of Saint-Didier-en-Velay ).
geography
Saint-Victor-Malescours is located in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central , and in the Forez about 17 kilometers south-southwest of Saint-Étienne on the Semène , a tributary of the Loire . Saint-Victor-Malescours is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Just-Malmont in the north, Jonzieux in the northeast, Marlhes in the east, Saint-Romain-Lachalm in the south and southeast, Saint-Pal-de-Mons in the south and southwest and Saint- Didier-en-Velay to the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 470 | 411 | 356 | 375 | 476 | 673 | 748 | 834 |
Attractions
- Saint-Pancrace church
- Le Fraisse Castle
- Le Maploton Castle
Personalities
- François Peyrard (1759 / 60–1822), philosopher