Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒy(st) sɛ̃ ʁɑ̃bɛʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.^[3]

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Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
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Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 4°14′26″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Intercommunality	CA Loire Forez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Olivier Joly[1]
Area 1	40.63 km2 (15.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	15,419
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	42279 /42170
Elevation	358–673 m (1,175–2,208 ft) (avg. 417 m or 1,368 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire.^[3]

The population data given in the table and graph below for 1954 and earlier refer to the former commune of Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire.

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Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,300 —     1800 2,355 +0.34% 1806 2,556 +1.37% 1821 2,726 +0.43% 1831 3,015 +1.01% 1836 3,012 −0.02% 1841 3,078 +0.43% 1846 3,026 −0.34% 1851 2,759 −1.83% 1856 2,458 −2.28% 1861 2,545 +0.70% 1866 2,515 −0.24% 1872 2,400 −0.78% 1876 2,432 +0.33% 1881 2,619 +1.49% 1886 2,800 +1.35% 1891 2,989 +1.31% 1896 3,049 +0.40%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,240 +1.22% 1906 3,135 −0.66% 1911 3,026 −0.71% 1921 2,796 −0.79% 1926 2,963 +1.17% 1931 2,982 +0.13% 1936 3,263 +1.82% 1946 2,994 −0.86% 1954 3,634 +2.45% 1962 7,419 +9.33% 1968 8,156 +1.59% 1975 9,010 +1.43% 1982 10,533 +2.26% 1990 12,299 +1.96% 1999 13,192 +0.78% 2007 14,542 +1.23% 2012 14,337 −0.28% 2017 15,083 +1.02%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert is twinned with:

• Târgu Neamț, Romania, since 1999

• Communes of the Loire department
• Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Bridge