Thizy-les-Bourgs

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Thizy-les-Bourgs

(2020–2026) Martin Sotton^[1]Area

44.44 km² (17.16 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,869 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

69248 /69240

Elevation365–804 m (1,198–2,638 ft)
(avg. 584 m or 1,916 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thizy-les-Bourgs (French pronunciation: [tizi le buʁ]) is a commune in the Rhône department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. The result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the communes of Bourg-de-Thizy, La Chapelle-de-Mardore, Mardore, Marnand and Thizy.^[3]

Population

The population data given in the table below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2020.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,362	—
1975	7,950	−0.72%
1982	7,509	−0.81%
1990	6,866	−1.11%
1999	6,349	−0.87%
2007	6,388	+0.08%
2012	6,369	−0.06%
2017	6,031	−1.08%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ (in French) Arrêté du 29 octobre 2012 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Thizy-les-Bourgs
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE