Saint-Didier-en-Velay

Saint-Didier-en-Velay
Commune
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 4°16′32″E / 45.3031°N 4.2756°E / 45.3031; 4.2756Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 4°16′32″E / 45.3031°N 4.2756°E / 45.3031; 4.2756
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
Arrondissement	Yssingeaux
Canton	Deux Rivières et Vallées
Intercommunality	Loire-Semène
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Salgado
Area 1	25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,443
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	43177 /43140
Elevation	640–924 m (2,100–3,031 ft) (avg. 835 m or 2,740 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Didier-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

Population[]

Sights[]

In the church of Saint Didier, there is an impressive Spanish Baroque painting of Mary Magdalene which has been attributed to Murillo or Zurbarán.^[2] It is most likely a 17th century copy of a painting by Murillo.^[3]

Personalities[]

• Claude-Jean Allouez
• Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon (1667–1742), sculptor and architect

See also[]

• Communes of the Haute-Loire department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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