Le Rouget

Part of Le Rouget-Pers in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Le Rouget

44°51′19″N 2°13′57″E / 44.8553°N 2.2325°E / 44.8553; 2.2325CountryFranceRegionAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesDepartmentCantalArrondissementAurillacCantonSaint-Mamet-la-SalvetatCommuneLe Rouget-PersArea

8.23 km² (3.18 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

961 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

15290

Elevation555–665 m (1,821–2,182 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Rouget (French pronunciation: [lə ʁuʒɛ]; Languedocien: Lo Roget) is a former commune in the département of Cantal in south-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Le Rouget-Pers.^[2]

Le Rouget, having grown from a hamlet as a result of coming of the railway, will not be found on many 19th-century maps. It was not granted commune status (and, with it, the right to elect a mayor of its own) until September 1945,^[3] but is today a more important commercial and employment centre than the nearby historic cantonal centres of Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat and Laroquebrou, although it lacks their architectural and historical interest.

A market is held every Sunday morning.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	834	—
1968	918	+10.1%
1975	963	+4.9%
1982	902	−6.3%
1990	910	+0.9%
1999	901	−1.0%
2006	957	+6.2%
2012	962	+0.5%

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 4 December 2015 (in French)
^ Archive of Cantal^{[permanent dead link]} about Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat and the creation of Le Rouget.