Saint-Just-la-Pendue

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Just-la-Pendue

(2020–2026) Romain Coquard^[1]Area

19.88 km² (7.68 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,652 • Density83/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

42249 /42540

Elevation428–637 m (1,404–2,090 ft)
(avg. 590 m or 1,940 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Just-la-Pendue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒy(st) la pɑ̃dy]; Arpitan: Sant-Just-la-Pendua) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

Name

The name of the commune dates from the 11th century and is recorded in the documents of Savigny Abbey, Rhône. The qualifying name la Pendue stems from an oral tradition of a woman hanged for adultery, who, after four days, fell to the ground alive, a proof of her innocence. Supposedly the location of the execution, a local wood also bears the name la Pendue.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,810	—
1975	1,731	−0.64%
1982	1,656	−0.63%
1990	1,466	−1.51%
1999	1,420	−0.35%
2009	1,536	+0.79%
2014	1,666	+1.64%
2020	1,661	−0.05%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Personalities

Georges Guillard, organist and musicologist
Jean Dupuis, trader and explorer

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE