Saint-Martin-the-Plain

See also: Saint Martin's day

Saint-Martin-the-Plain is a Commune Frenchwoman, located in the department of the the Loire and the area the Rhone-Alps. Its inhabitants is called the Martinaires Saint.

Geography

Located on the top of the valley of the Gier, Saint-Martin-the-Plain is located at 5 km of Bank-with-Gier and 25 km of Saint-Etienne.

History

The name of the commune would come from the holy bishop Martin de Tours, which would have pressed in its time the current grounds of the village.

The common one made industrial great strides with 19th: in 1900 many forging mills was fed by coal extracted the mines located on the bottom of the village, and agricultural (it is said that it was called formerly Saint-Martin-of-Plans in reasons of its many plans of vines).

In 1867, the common one was separate into two: Saint-Martin-the-plain and Saint-Joseph.

The success of the Marrel family supported the development of the village and it was thus one of the electrified first of the the Loire (1898).

The Marrel family bought the castle of Ronze, made build the castle of Plantier and transform the building of Pre Bayard, by adding two side wings to it, to make of it a castle which to date shelters the town hall and the Post office.

Administration

Demography

Public transport

Since October 2006 (cut-over date of the second line of tram in Saint-Etienne), the commune is served by a regular line. Line 79 (exploited by Blumat and Chazot for the account of Saint-Etienne Metropolis) makes it possible to connect Saint Martin's day to Bank-of-Gier in less than 15 minutes, and that of 6:10 to 20:30 with 9 outward journeys and 7 returns.

The principal stops on the communes are Catonnière, Dureantière, the Apricot trees, Ronze, Patuel and Bourg.

Places and monuments

  • the Tower of Saint Martin : set up on Pre Bayard by Jean Marie Marrel and his Henri son in 1905, it measures 20 meters.

  • the church :

  • Zoological gardens : opened the July 23rd 1972, it counts 350 animals with more than 60 different species. The zoo of Saint Martin the Plain studies especially the cat-like ones and the animals like the monkeys, the chimpanzees and the gorillas whose celebrates it Plato gorilla. It is one of the rare French zoo to have succeeded in having births of gorilla in captivity.

  • Vestiges of the Roman aqueduct of Gier : vestiges of the Aqueduc of Gier are visible in Saint Martin the Plain in particular with the conservatory orchard.

  • Ronze : it is about the one of the castles Marrel present on the commune, he is currently vacant and degrades himself. Many renovation projects in particular the creation of an old people's home were proposed but all were refused.

Festivals and festivals

  • Festival of the forging mill
Each year in May: exposures, reconstitutions and realization of giant objects of which some entered the Livre Guinness of the records like more the large chain or the largest nail.

  • Flower market

In May, in partnership with the Council of the Young people.

Personalities related to the commune

Twinning

Saint-Martin-the-plain is twinned with the town of Igensdorf in Germany.

See too

  • Common of the Loire

External bonds

  • Saint-Martin-the-Plain, official site
  • Zoological gardens of Saint-Martin-the-Plain

  • Saint-Martin-the-Plain on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Saint-Martin-the-Plain on the site of INSEE
  • Saint-Martin-the-Plain on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Saint-Martin-the-Plain on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Saint-Martin-the-Plain on Mapquest

Sources

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