Allègre

For other uses, see Allègre (disambiguation).

Allègre (French pronunciation: [alɛɡʁ]; Occitan: Alègre) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Allègre
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Allègre
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Coordinates: 45°12′01″N 3°42′45″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique
Intercommunality	CA du Puy-en-Velay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilbert Meyssonnier
Area 1	23.57 km2 (9.10 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	922
• Density	39.1/km2 (101/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43003 /43270
Elevation	880–1,172 m (2,887–3,845 ft) (avg. 1,050 m or 3,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,512	—
1975	1,459	−0.51%
1982	1,313	−1.49%
1990	1,176	−1.37%
1999	1,007	−1.71%
2007	1,008	+0.01%
2012	968	−0.81%
2017	907	−1.29%
2023	922	+0.27%
Source: INSEE

Sights

• Château d'Allègre: ruined castle, protected since 1935 as a monument historique

Personalities

• Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 19 April 2008), French anthropologist, was born in Allègre. She was interred at the Panthéon in Paris on May 27, 2015, for her role in the French Resistance.

Twin towns – sister cities

Allègre is twinned with Krostitz, Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

External links

• Official Web site