Saint-Floret

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

(2020–2026) Maguy Lagarde^[1]Area12.16 km² (4.70 sq mi)Population246 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation476–929 m (1,562–3,048 ft)
(avg. 503 m or 1,650 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Floret (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flɔʁɛ]; Occitan: Sent Floret) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

History

Saint-Floret is a place of passage on the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route originated in the 9th century.

During the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the commune took the name Roche-la-Couze.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	276	—
1975	251	−1.35%
1982	219	−1.93%
1990	259	+2.12%
1999	248	−0.48%
2007	266	+0.88%
2012	269	+0.22%
2017	251	−1.38%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References