Saint-Désiré

Saint-Désiré
The church in Saint-Désiré
Saint-Désiré
Location within Auvergne region  Saint-Désiré
Coordinates: 46°29′54″N 2°25′57″E / 46.4983°N 2.4325°ECoordinates: 46°29′54″N 2°25′57″E / 46.4983°N 2.4325°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Huriel
Intercommunality	Pays d'Huriel
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Vallet[1]
Area^1	41.89 km^2 (16.17 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	433
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03225 / 03370
Elevation	193–400 m (633–1,312 ft) (avg. 328 m or 1,076 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Désiré is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	500	—
1900	1,400	+180.0%
1940	1,000	−28.6%
1962	650	−35.0%
1968	731	+12.5%
1975	555	−24.1%
1982	498	−10.3%
1990	442	−11.2%
1999	455	+2.9%
2008	470	+3.3%
2013	433	−7.9%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

External links

• Postcards from the 19th century