Fouillouse

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

Geography

It constitutes at the same time the bond and the green cut between two of the three large poles of the urban Aire of Saint-Etienne (the third being the Agglomération of Saint-Chamond): agglomeration of Saint-Etienne itself (whose downtown area is only to 10 km in South-east) and that of Andrézieux-Bouthéon (whose economic zone is at 4 km in the North-West).

History

Fouillouse is known to have accommodated a shooting party of the king François 1st, in the wood of Monichard, or boi of the King.

Administration

Demography

The inhabitants are Feuillantins and Feuillantines.

Places and monuments

Sports

Fouillouse has several sporting clubs:

the USGF (Sporting union and Gymnique of Fouillouse), football club, synthetic ground
Fouillouse Table tennis, comprising three teams on the levels departmental and regional.
a club of judo
a club of badminton: the Insane ones of the Wheel
Tennis Club of Fouillouse, with 4 grounds (including 1 area roofed-in)
the VBF (Feuillantin Volley ball)
a club of stunt bike

on August 24th, 2007, of 17:00 to 20:00 is organized the prolog of the 15th edition of the Loire-Pilat Tower, with prestigieueses teams such as the CR4C Roanne, or the Hope Cyclist St-Etienne the Loire.

Personalities related to the commune

Jean Palerne born in 1557 in Fouillouse

See too

Common of the Loire

External bonds

Site of Fouillouse
Fouillouse on the site of the national geographical Institute
Fouillouse on the site of INSEE
Fouillouse on the site of Quid
Localization of Fouillouse on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of Fouillouse on Mapquest
Site tennis club on Fouillouse

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