Saint-Priest, Metropolis of Lyon

Saint-Priest
Commune
Château of Saint-Priest Château of Saint-Priest
Coat of arms of Saint-Priest Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis	Metropolis of Lyon
Arrondissement	Lyon
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Gascon (LR)
Area1	29.71 km2 (11.47 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	69290 / 69800
Elevation	189–263 m (620–863 ft) (avg. 208 m or 682 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-Priest (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁijɛst]; Arpitan: Sant-Priést) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in east-south France. The 19th-century French historian and epigrapher Auguste Allmer (1815–1899) was a tax collector in Saint-Priest.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and is located to its southeast side. The Gare de Saint-Priest railway station is served by local trains to Lyon, Grenoble and Chambéry.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,100 —     1800 1,210 +1.37% 1806 1,253 +0.58% 1821 1,489 +1.16% 1831 1,718 +1.44% 1836 1,854 +1.54% 1841 1,981 +1.33% 1846 2,152 +1.67% 1851 2,209 +0.52% 1856 2,312 +0.92% 1861 2,428 +0.98% 1866 2,518 +0.73% 1872 2,475 −0.29% 1876 2,506 +0.31% 1881 2,410 −0.78% 1886 2,724 +2.48% 1891 2,387 −2.61% 1896 2,584 +1.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,577 −0.05% 1906 2,608 +0.24% 1911 2,543 −0.50% 1921 2,704 +0.62% 1926 4,268 +9.56% 1931 5,957 +6.90% 1936 5,336 −2.18% 1946 5,673 +0.61% 1954 7,115 +2.87% 1962 10,681 +5.21% 1968 20,419 +11.40% 1975 36,734 +8.75% 1982 42,677 +2.17% 1990 41,876 −0.24% 1999 40,974 −0.24% 2007 40,917 −0.02% 2012 42,488 +0.76% 2017 46,207 +1.69%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Metropolis of Lyon

External links

• Official website