The Monistrol-on-Loire
the Monistrol-on-Loire , French city of the Velay, second urban unit of the department of the Haute-Loire, on the axis of Lyon to Toulouse by the Massif Central.
Space monistrolien
With the Eastern edge of the
Massif Central, on the granitic base of the mounts of Vivarais, the area monistrolienne is an area of resinous forests which were worth to him the name of
Pays beyond-the-wood with the Middle Ages. The plate does not profit from the axis of the throats of the
the Loire too boxed and knows a long insulation. Monistrol belongs right from the start to the country of the
Velay.
Monistrol is essential precociously like places safety for the surroundings. With the confluence of the brooks of Saint-Marcellin cheese and Piat, an castle-old man is established and a city develops under its protection. Closed city equipped with a wall of city, of which some vestiges remain, Monistrol sees the development of industrial suburbs in the east, along the royal road of
Lyon to
Toulouse lately bored (18th century), and in the south, as Monteil. The urban revival of the last decades is suburban and is directed towards the east (district of Mazel and zone of Chavanon) and especially towards the south (districts of Kersonnier and Fishing). The reference to the
the Loire is an administrative need (the distinction with Monistrol-with Allier) and does not imply any influences river on the urban development.
The city profits from its place on the royal road of
Lyon to
Toulouse, which allows the opening of a post office since 1755. Improved from the point of view of a total opening-up for the
Velay, the imperial road then national 88 is finally arranged gradually in fast track at the end of the 20th century. From now on at 20 minutes of
Saint-Etienne, the city is the starting point of pendular migrations towards the basin inhabitant of Saint-Etienne. The station of Bas-Monistrol places the city at 3:29 of Paris-Station-of-Lyon by
TGV *.
The area of Monistrol always constituted an interface between
Velay and Forez, and thus profited from contrary influences. The northern border of the
Occitanie is located at the north of the commune and the roofs with génoise, characteristic of the southernmost areas, are numerous in the old city. On the other hand, the
castle shelters the only ceiling with the fern, speciality forézienne, known in
Velay. The influence of the Lyons and the Forez especially appeared by the economic activity. The development proto-industrialist of 19th century (passementerie, metallurgy, etc) is due to the proximity of
Saint-Etienne and
Lyon. Although the department of the
Haute-Loire is attached to the
area Auvergne, the city belongs to the zone of influence of
Saint-Etienne and draws its prosperity from the urban surface inhabitant of Saint-Etienne. The demographic expansion results from a phenomenon of periurbanisation coming from the area inhabitant of Saint-Etienne. The area monistrolienne is defined consequently as the walk of Velay, zone of interface under fast development.
*meillor run time with correspondence with Saint-Etienne-Chateaucreux
past of a city