Saint-Galmier
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Saint-Galmier
|commune status = Commune
|image = Saint-galmier.jpg
|image coat of arms = Blason Saint-Galmier 42.svg
|arrondissement = Montbrison
|canton = Andrézieux-Bouthéon
|INSEE = 42222
|postal code = 42330
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Saint-Étienne Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|45.5908|4.3181|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 480
|elevation min m = 357
|elevation max m = 551
|area km2 = 19.47
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Saint-Galmier ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ ɡalmje|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Saint-Galmier.wav}}) is a city in eastern France. It is a commune in Loire department, and belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/42222-saint-galmier|title=Commune de Saint-Galmier (42222)|publisher=INSEE}} Saint-Galmier covers an area of 19.5 square kilometers. As of January 2021, it had a population of 5,842.
Saint-Galmier, located on the river Coise, south-central Loire,{{Cite web|url=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/plan/42222/saint-galmier|title=Plan Géoportail|accessdate=2021-05-08|author=Géoportail|language=fr|website=geoportail.fr}} is a regional central city known for the mineral water Badoit produced there.
Place name
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The name of Saint-Galmier is from the Catholic saint Galmier or Baldomerus, who was a monk at the Basilica of Saint Justus in Lyon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.saint-galmier.fr/visiter/decouvrez/histoire/|title=Histoire|accessdate=2021-05-08|author=ville de Saint-Galmier|language=fr|website=saint-galmier.fr}}
During the French Revolution, Saint-Galmier was renamed Fontfortville by the revolutionaries because of his religious color,{{clarify|date=June 2023}} where "Fontfort" means "stable fountain".
Geography
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File:St Galmier vue du clocher.jpg
Saint-Galmier is located in southeastern France, west-central Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and east-central Loire, about 22 kilometers from the prefecture Saint-Étienne. Towns bordering Saint-Galmier include Bellegarde-en-Forez, Chambœuf, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Cuzieu and Saint-Médard-en-Forez.
=Terrain=
=River=
The river Coise, a right tributary of the Loire, flows from east to west through the town.
=Plant=
Saint-Galmier belongs to the temperate deciduous forest area, which is mainly distributed on both sides of the Coise River and around the city area.
Saint-Galmier was rated as a 4-star (highest) flower city in an evaluation of flower cities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.linternaute.com/ville/saint-galmier/ville-42222|title=Saint-Galmier (42330)，Loire|accessdate=2021-05-08|language=fr|website=linternaute.fr}}
=Climate=
Saint-Galmier belongs to the temperate marine climate in the Köppen climate classification.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/normales-records/1981-2010/saint-etienne-boutheon/valeurs/07475.html|title=Station météorologique de Saint-Etienne – Bouthéon|accessdate=2021-05-08|language=fr|website=infoclimat.fr}}
Administrative divisions
Saint-Galmier is a commune (INSEE code 42222) in the Loire department and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the arrondissement of Montbrison, the canton of Andrézieux-Bouthéon, the Saint-Étienne Métropole, and of Loire's 6th constituency.{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000020950777/2009-08-01|title=Tableau des circonscriptions électorales des départements (élection des députés) (Article Annexe tableau n° 1)|website=Légifrance|date=1 August 2009}}
According to the national statistics office INSEE, Saint-Galmier is part of the functional urban area (aire d'attraction des villes) of Saint-Étienne, which consists of 105 communes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4803954|title=Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020|accessdate=2021-11-11|publisher=INSEE|language=fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/aire-attraction-des-villes-2020/023-saint-etienne|title=Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Saint-Étienne (023)|access-date=18 November 2024|publisher=INSEE|language=fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c2173|title=Aire d'attraction des villes. Définition|accessdate=2021-05-08|publisher=INSEE|language=fr}} INSEE also divides the town of Saint-Galmier into two "blocks" (IRIS){{Cite web|url=https://sig.ville.gouv.fr/Territoire/42222/onglet/DonneesLocales|title=Tableaux disponibles|accessdate=2021-05-08|author=sig.ville.gouv.fr|language=fr|publisher=sig.ville.gouv.fr}} to facilitate the statistics of population distribution.
Population
In 2018, the commune of Saint-Galmier had a population of 5,737, ranking 1,903th in France. Of these, 2,782 are men and 2,940 are women, 9.0% are aged 75 and above. The number of foreigners is 1,061, with a population density of 295 per square kilometer. The local population is called Baldomériens (male) or Baldomérienne (female) in French.{{Cite web|url=http://www.linternaute.com/ville/saint-galmier/ville-42222|title=Saint-Galmier (42330)，Loire|accessdate=2021-05-08|language=fr|website=linternaute.fr}} In 2019, 49 people were born and 91 people died in Saint-Galmier.
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|31830|Saint-Galmier}} and INSEE (1968–2020)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-42222#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |2000
|1800 |2394
|1806 |2479
|1821 |2790
|1831 |2659
|1836 |2805
|1841 |2758
|1846 |3010
|1851 |2952
|1856 |2932
|1861 |2954
|1866 |3035
|1872 |2902
|1876 |2936
|1881 |3022
|1886 |3410
|1891 |3257
|1896 |3296
|1901 |3104
|1906 |3059
|1911 |3030
|1921 |2549
|1926 |2529
|1931 |2543
|1936 |2524
|1946 |2507
|1954 |2573
|1962 |2608
|1968 |2910
|1975 |3109
|1982 |3680
|1990 |4272
|1999 |5293
|2009 |5596
|2014 |5669
|2020 |5837
}}
Politics
The current mayor of Saint-Galmier is Philippe Denis, a centrist who received 60.11% of the support rate in the 2020 municipal elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/saint-galmier-42222/|title=Résultats des élections municipales|accessdate=2021-05-08|editor=Le Monde|language=fr|website=lemonde.fr}}
In the 2017 French presidential election, French 25th President Emmanuel Macron received 66.29% of the support in Saint-Galmier.
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="font-size:smaller"
|colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#BAE0FC"|Successive mayors of Saint-Galmier |
| align="center" | Period
!align="center" | Mayor !align="center" | Political party |
|---|
| 1944 to 1946
|Jean Rollin | Unknown |
| 1947 to 1959
|Antoine Ravel | Unknown |
| 1959 to 1960
|Camille Passot | Unknown |
| 1960 to 1971
|Camille Passot | Unknown |
| 1971 to 1981
|Maurice André |
| 1981 to 1989
|Joannès Moulard |
| 1989 to 2008
|Jean Bouchardon |
| 2008 to 2020
|Jean-Yves Charbonnier |
| 2020 to
|Philippe Denis | Divers centre |
Water
Saint Galmier is a spa town and the source of Badoit mineral water. The thermal spring was known in Gallo-Roman times, but its fame increased with the general growth in interest in thermal cures in Europe during the nineteenth century.
Before Auguste Badoit commercialised the water in the 1830s, both the water and the spring from which it emerged, were known as "Fontfort". For this reason, during the French Revolutionary period, the town was briefly known as "Fontfortville".
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Personalities
- Gilbert Bostsarron, a member of the French Resistance was born here.
- Roger Rivière, a professional cyclist, who was born in Saint-Etienne in 1936, died here in 1976.
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Cite web|url={{Wikidata|property|raw|P856}}|title=Ville de Saint-Galmier|trans-title= Official website of the municipality of Saint-Galmier|language=fr}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.ville-ideale.fr/saint-galmier_42222|title=Avis sur Saint-Galmier: la ville idéale?|trans-title= Evaluation of Saint-Galmier |language=fr}}
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