Saint-Juéry, Tarn

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Juéry

(2020–2026) David Donnez^[1]Area

9.21 km² (3.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,600 • Density720/km² (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

81257 /81160

Elevation157–332 m (515–1,089 ft)
(avg. 174 m or 571 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Juéry (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɥeʁi]; Occitan: Sant Juèri) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It lies adjacent to the east of Albi, the prefecture of Tarn.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,017	—
1975	5,943	+2.45%
1982	6,738	+1.81%
1990	6,730	−0.01%
1999	6,635	−0.16%
2007	7,041	+0.75%
2012	6,715	−0.94%
2017	6,818	+0.30%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Steel industry

The Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works was established by Léon Talabot in Saint-Juéry in 1824 as L. Talabot & Cie.^[4] In 1881 a rolling mill hall was built with two mills.^[5] In 1882 a coke-fired blast furnace was installed for production of cast iron. The first hydroelectric power station was built in 1898, supplying electricity to the factory and the village.^[6] During the period from 1884 to 1934 many peasants came to work in the steel works from Cahuzaguet, Saint-Grégoire, Arthès, les Avalats and Marsal. Many settled in Saint-Juéry, which grew from 1,400 inhabitants in the 19th century to 7,000 inhabitants as of 2015.^[7] With the collapse of the iron and steel industry, the factory closed in 1983.^[6] As of 2015 there were still steel enterprises in the village of Saint-Juéry that employed over 250 people making hydraulic and oil valves, agricultural tools and speciality steel.^[7]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Hauts-Fourneaux, Forges & Aciéries ... industrie.lu.
^ Historique – AEDT.
^ ^a ^b Patrimoine – Saint-Juéry.
^ ^a ^b MF 2015.

Sources

"Hauts-Fourneaux, Forges & Aciéries du Saut-du-Tarn", industrie.lu (in French), retrieved 2017-09-07
Historique (in French), AEDT: Aciers et Energies du Tarn, retrieved 2017-09-07
MF (13 September 2015), "A Saint-Juéry, le Saut du Tarn est encore vivant", La Depeche (in French), retrieved 2017-09-07
Patrimoine (in French), Saint-Juéry, retrieved 2017-09-07