Andrézieux-Bouthéon

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Andrézieux-Bouthéon

(2020–2026) François Driol^[1]Area

16.28 km² (6.29 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

10,187 • Density630/km² (1,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42005 /42160

Elevation353–435 m (1,158–1,427 ft)
(avg. 367 m or 1,204 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andrézieux-Bouthéon (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁezjø buteɔ̃]; Arpitan: Andrèsiô-Botion) is a commune of the Loire department in central France. It lies on the right bank of the river Loire, at its confluence with the river Furan,^[3] 13 km north of the city of Saint-Étienne.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,952	—
1975	7,640	+9.87%
1982	8,877	+2.17%
1990	9,407	+0.73%
1999	9,153	−0.30%
2007	9,549	+0.53%
2012	9,788	+0.50%
2017	9,790	+0.00%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

Le Château Bouthéon

International Relations

Andrézieux is twinned with:

Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Maia, Portugal
Soham, England
Chiusi, Italia

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.
^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Furan (K0614000)".
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE