Allègre

For other uses, see Allègre (disambiguation).

Allègre
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Allègre
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Coordinates: 45°12′01″N3°42′45″E / 45.2003°N 3.7125°E / 45.2003; 3.7125
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 [1]
Area 1	23.57 km2 (9.10 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	892
• Density	37.8/km2 (98.0/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.

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

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%
2009	996	−0.11%
2014	955	−0.84%
2020	873	−1.49%
Source: INSEE [3]

Sights

• Château d'Allègre: ruined castle, protected since 1935 as a monument historique ^[4]

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 his role in the French Resistance. ^[5]

Twin towns – sister cities

Krostitz, Germany

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Base Mérimée : Ruines du château et terrain qui entoure ces ruines , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
5. "Germaine Tillion et Geneviève De Gaulle-Anthonioz, deux grandes figures de la Résistance au Panthéon | Égalité-femmes-hommes". www.egalite-femmes-hommes.gouv.fr (in French). 27 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

External links

• Official Web site