Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle

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Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
Commune
The church in Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
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Coordinates: 47°54′50″N 1°52′28″E / 47.9139°N 1.8745°E / 47.9139; 1.8745
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
Intercommunality	Orléans Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Fabien Rivière-Da-Silva^[1]
Area ¹	6.06 km² (2.34 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	16,608
• Density	2,700/km² (7,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45285 /45140
Elevation	90–121 m (295–397 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la ʁɥɛl]) is a commune in the Loiret department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

It is located about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) from Orléans.

Populations

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	12,620	—
1975	16,359	+3.78%
1982	17,062	+0.60%
1990	16,335	−0.54%
1999	16,560	+0.15%
2007	16,406	−0.12%
2012	16,833	+0.52%
2017	16,273	−0.67%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Personalities

Dosseh, rapper and actor
Stéphane Kakou, footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle is twinned with:^[4]

Amposta, Spain
Gommern, Germany
Niepołomice, Poland

See also

Communes of the Loiret department

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage – villes amies" (in French). Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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Communes of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site

Communes of the Loiret department

^pref: prefecture
^subpr: subprefecture