See also: the Loire

The department of the Loire (42) is a French department which owes its name with the river which crosses it.

History

The first Gallic people having lived in the area are the Ségusiaves. The department of the Loire was created during the French revolution, in 1793, by dismemberment of the department of the Rhone-and-Loire, and corresponds to the province of the Forez.

Its chief towns were successively:

• Feurs of 1793 to 1795
• Montbrison of 1795 to 1855
• Saint-Etienne since 1855

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Geography

The department of the Loire belongs to the area the Rhone-Alps. It is bordering on the departments the Rhone, Isere, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Allier and of Saône-et-Loire.

The department draws its name from the the Loire, river which crosses it south to north on more than 100 km.

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Climate

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Economy

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Languages

The department knows two traditional languages:

• the Francoprovençal or arpitan , in almost all the department.
• the Occitan or language of oc , in four frontier fringes:
• the plate of Noirétable, by including the commune close to Chamba, in the west.
• the zone around Saint-Bonnet-the-Castle, in south-west.
• the zone around Saint-Marcellin-in-Drill (flat Drill) and Chambles, the Saint-Victor-on-Loire (common of Saint-Etienne) the Loire Valley,
• the zone of Borough-Argental, in the south.
• the To speak inhabitant of Saint-Etienne in the area about Saint-Etienne

In Francoprovençal, the Loire says Lêre and in Occitan Leger/Leir .

The State imposed the majority practice of the French since the beginning of the 20th century.

Demography

The inhabitants of the Loire are the Ligériens . The department of the Loire counts 40 cantons and 327 communes. It is divided admnistrativement into 3 districts:

1. District of Saint-Etienne
2. District of Roanne
3. District of Montbrison

The district of Saint-Etienne is composed of 74 communes and 19 cantons (415 576 inhabitants). The district of Roanne as for him is composed of 115 communes and 11 cantons (152 659 inhabitants). Lastly, the district of Montbrison is composed of 138 communes and 10 cantons (160 289 inhabitants). Leitartikel: Demography of the Loire Culture Leitartikel: Culture in the Loire

Tourism

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Policy

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• List of the deputies of the Loire

• List of the senators of the Loire
• List of the general advisers of the Loire

Administration

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• List of the prefects of the Loire

• Common of the Loire
• Old communes of the Loire
• Armorial of the communes of the Loire

Sight of the department

Gorge of the Loire

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