{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{For|the Arcángel and Peso Pluma song|La Chamba (song)}} {{Infobox French commune |name = La Chamba |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = La Chamba 42.JPG |image coat of arms = Blason ville FR La Chamba (Loire).svg |arrondissement = Montbrison |canton = Boën-sur-Lignon |INSEE = 42040 |postal code = 42440 |mayor = Valerie Halvick<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Loire Forez Agglomération|CA Loire Forez]] |coordinates = {{coord|45.7561|3.7583|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 1087 |elevation min m = 983 |elevation max m = 1344 |area km2 = 5.2 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''La Chamba''' ({{IPA|fr|la ʃɑ̃ba}}; [[Occitan language|Occitan]]: ''La Chambaa'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Loire (department)|Loire]] [[Departments of France|department]] in central [[France]].

==Climate== {{Weather box |location = La Chamba ([[Col de la Loge]]), 1261m (1991−2020 normals, 1997−2024 extremes) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 18.5 |Feb record high C = 19.4 |Mar record high C = 21.2 |Apr record high C = 23.7 |May record high C = 26.1 |Jun record high C = 32.6 |Jul record high C = 31.8 |Aug record high C = 32.9 |Sep record high C = 28.0 |Oct record high C = 25.6 |Nov record high C = 21.4 |Dec record high C = 16.5 |year record high C =

|Jan high C = 2.6 |Feb high C = 3.1 |Mar high C = 6.4 |Apr high C = 9.8 |May high C = 13.7 |Jun high C = 18.0 |Jul high C = 19.8 |Aug high C = 19.9 |Sep high C = 15.9 |Oct high C = 11.8 |Nov high C = 6.0 |Dec high C = 3.6 |year high C =

|Jan mean C = -0.2 |Feb mean C = 0.0 |Mar mean C = 2.9 |Apr mean C = 5.8 |May mean C = 9.5 |Jun mean C = 13.5 |Jul mean C = 15.2 |Aug mean C = 15.4 |Sep mean C = 11.9 |Oct mean C = 8.5 |Nov mean C = 3.3 |Dec mean C = 0.9 |year mean C =

|Jan low C = -3.0 |Feb low C = -3.1 |Mar low C = -0.6 |Apr low C = 1.8 |May low C = 5.4 |Jun low C = 9.1 |Jul low C = 10.6 |Aug low C = 11.0 |Sep low C = 8.0 |Oct low C = 5.1 |Nov low C = 0.5 |Dec low C = -1.9 |year low C =

|Jan record low C = -15.3 |Feb record low C = -19.1 |Mar record low C = -16.5 |Apr record low C = -8.9 |May record low C = -4.4 |Jun record low C = -0.9 |Jul record low C = 2.5 |Aug record low C = 1.8 |Sep record low C = -1.0 |Oct record low C = -9.9 |Nov record low C = -14.1 |Dec record low C = -17.3 |year record low C =

|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 100.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 85.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 92.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 95.5 |May precipitation mm = 123.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 102.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 107.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 116.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 91.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 112.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 126.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 119.2 |year precipitation mm =

|Jan precipitation days = 13.6 |Feb precipitation days = 12.5 |Mar precipitation days = 12.5 |Apr precipitation days = 12.7 |May precipitation days = 13.4 |Jun precipitation days = 10.8 |Jul precipitation days = 11.3 |Aug precipitation days = 10.7 |Sep precipitation days = 9.6 |Oct precipitation days = 12.0 |Nov precipitation days = 13.9 |Dec precipitation days = 14.6 |year precipitation days = 147.7

|source 1 = Meteociel<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=42040001 |title = Normales et records pour Col de la Loge (42) |publisher = Meteociel |access-date = May 9, 2024}}</ref>}}

==Population== {{Historical populations |source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-42040#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref> |percentages = pagr |align = none |1968 |87 |1975 |81 |1982 |68 |1990 |56 |1999 |53 |2009 |51 |2014 |52 |2020 |46 }} ==Heraldry== {{Blazon-arms |img1 = Blason ville FR La Chamba (Loire).svg |legend1 = La Chamba |text = Azure, a mount of Tenné charged, on the dexter side with a roe deer contourné or, on the sinister side with a cross-country skier argent on an isolated and reduced terrace of the same, in base with a fir tree vert, the topped with snow argent and charged with a bunch of blueberries stemmed and leaved proper, surmounted by a scroll or charged with the inscription "LA CHAMBA" in capital letters sable. }}

==See also== *[[Communes of the Loire department]]

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