Sorbiers, Loire

Sorbiers
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sorbiers
Sorbiers Sorbiers
Coordinates: 45°29′19″N 4°27′03″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Saint-Étienne
Canton	Sorbiers
Intercommunality	Saint-Étienne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Christine Thivant
Area 1	12.19 km2 (4.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	8,042
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42302 /42290
Elevation	435–822 m (1,427–2,697 ft) (avg. 520 m or 1,710 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorbiers (French pronunciation: [sɔʁbje]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,102 —     1800 1,244 +1.75% 1806 1,309 +0.85% 1821 1,405 +0.47% 1831 1,415 +0.07% 1836 1,433 +0.25% 1841 1,616 +2.43% 1846 1,830 +2.52% 1851 2,030 +2.10% 1856 2,632 +5.33% 1861 3,098 +3.31% 1866 3,771 +4.01% 1872 2,023 −9.86% 1876 1,990 −0.41% 1881 1,792 −2.07% 1886 1,974 +1.95% 1891 2,017 +0.43% 1896 2,041 +0.24%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,890 −1.53% 1906 1,979 +0.92% 1911 1,781 −2.09% 1921 1,721 −0.34% 1926 1,871 +1.69% 1931 1,796 −0.81% 1936 1,863 +0.74% 1946 2,069 +1.05% 1954 2,298 +1.32% 1962 2,638 +1.74% 1968 3,648 +5.55% 1975 5,464 +5.94% 1982 6,424 +2.34% 1990 7,101 +1.26% 1999 7,399 +0.46% 2007 7,581 +0.30% 2012 7,868 +0.75% 2017 7,933 +0.16%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns — sister cities

Sorbiers is twinned with:

• Senj, Croatia
• Novi Ligure, Italy

See also

• Communes of the Loire department