Champdieu

Champdieu is a common French, located in the department of the the Loire and the area the Rhone-Alps.

Geography

Champdieu is located in the Massif Central, has 40 km of St-Etienne. Champdieu almost entirely has a habitat blotti with the confluences of small valleys resulting from the " Mountains of Soir" , in edge of the plain of Drill, offering all at the same time low grounds and a crown of beautiful wooded hills. A diversity which makes its charm.

History

The village of Champdieu can be enorgueillir of a last rich person. The History of Champdieu starts around the Year Millet, when a group of monks come from the abbey of Manglieu to Auvergne, founds the priory of Champdieu. they built a perfectly preserved church and conventual buildings there. The centuries passed, the village grew bigger, east is girded of a wall during the war of Hundred-Years, the Rebirth left some traces, and is to us quasi intact parvenu today.

Administration

Demography

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Loire

External bonds

Champdieu on the site of the national geographical Institute
Champdieu on the site of INSEE
Champdieu on the site of Quid
Localization of Champdieu on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Champdieu on Mapquest

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