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Saint-Régis-du-Coin
Saint-Régis-du-Coin is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Geography This town of the Loire, which is part of the Pilat Regional Nature Park is located 21 km from Saint-Etienne. His village is situated 1071 m above sea level, so it's a mid-mountain terrain that characterizes the town. Climate Because of its location in the uplands, the climate of the St. Regis-du-Coin is harsh in winter (cold and snow) but mild in summer. History The town is recent, it dates only from 1858. Its territory was created from plots taken at the town of Marlhes and Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue. Its name comes from a locality called "The Corner" located on this time, near the present town. It will add "St. Regis" to forgive, as is the oral tradition, poor reception given to someone who would become St. John Francis Regis. Making it the only town in France to carry the name of this apostle of Velay and Vivarais. Population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Loire Department
The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * *CA *CA * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loire (department)
Loire (; ; frp, Lêre; oc, Léger or ''Leir'') is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France occupying the river Loire's upper reaches. Its prefecture is Saint-Étienne. It had a population of 765,634 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 42 Loire INSEE History Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two, about 3½ years after it was created. This was a response to counter-revolutionary activities in |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlhes
Marlhes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Population , Twin towns Marlhes is town twinning, twinned with: * Féouda, Togo * Charette, Quebec, Canada Personalities Marcellin Champagnat, catholic saint and founder of the Marist Brothers, was born in the village. See also *Communes of the Loire department References Communes of Loire (department) {{Loire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue
Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Geography Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue is located south of the Parc Naturel Régional du Pilat. It is the southernmost town of the ''département'' of the Loire. Saint Sauveur is located from the Haute-Loire ''département'', and from the Ardèche. The village is situated at the foot of Mont Pyfarat, culminating at 1381m above sea level, and is located on the outskirts of the forest of Taillard. The village is situated at the foot of two well-known mountain passes: Col de la République on the road to Saint Etienne and the on the road to Le Puy en Velay. The town is on the dividing line of the Loire and Rhône watersheds. The village is also near the Gimel bog. Saint Sauveur is particularly popular because it is located on the route to the Rhone Valley (which is very attractive) from the Haute-Loire and vice versa. The village is located from Annonay and south of Saint-Étienne and from Yssingeaux. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velay
Velay () is a historical area of France situated in east Haute-Loire ''département'' and south east of Massif central. History Julius Caesar mentioned the vellavi as subordinate of the arverni. Strabon suggested that they might have made secession from the arverni and Ptolemy located them as ''vellauni''. The country is well delimited by natural obstacles: Allier river in the south, Mount Boutières and Mézenc on the east, Mount Devès on the west. Devès has Celtic toponyms clearly suggesting an antic border (Fix from ''finis''; la Durande from Gaulish ''Equiranda'' meaning frontier). No explanation concerning the toponym, except 19th century's naïve scholastic ones that connected the name to PIE root ''wel'' (land of "well ... people") or even to the mythological ''Hel'' (“land or mountains of the hell” referring to the volcanic geology). Middle Ages In the early Middle Ages Velay was known as and was placed under the rule of the Duchy of Aquitaine, and follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivarais
Vivarais (; oc, Vivarés; la, Vivariensis provincia{{cite web , url=http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/orblatv.html , title = ORBIS LATINUS - Letter V) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the ''département'' of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône. In feudal times part of the Holy Roman Empire with its bishop as count, it became in 1309 one of the Capetian territories as included in the Languedoc province of the French realm, and continued to be a French province until 1789. In 1999, a wine region, Côtes du Vivarais AOC, was established near Côtes du Rhône in several communes of the south of ''département'' Ardèche and a few in northern Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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