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cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...

of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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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, Pac ...

, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:Décret n° 2014-260 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Loire
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Andrézieux-Bouthéon Andrézieux-Bouthéon (; frp, link=no, Andrèsiô-Botion) is a commune of the Loire department in central France. It lies on the right bank of the river Loire, at its confluence with the river Furan. Population Sights * Le Château Bouthéon ...

Boën-sur-Lignon Boën-sur-Lignon (, literally ''Boën on Lignon''), formerly Boën,Since 1 August 2012, is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Geography The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune. Population See also *Communes o ...

Charlieu Charlieu (; frp, Charluè) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department at the northern end of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is home to Charlieu Abbey. Population Twin tow ...

Le Coteau Le Coteau () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies about northwest of Lyon on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne. Population Twin towns Le Coteau is twinned with: * Zwevegem, Belgi ...

Feurs Feurs (; frp, Fuèrs) is a commune in the department of Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. History Antiquity The city was founded by the Romans. The name Feurs is a contraction of ''Segusiavorum Forum''. With a forum the Gallo-Roman era, cit ...

Firminy Firminy (; oc, Frominiu) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies on the river Ondaine, 13 km southwest of Saint-Étienne by rail. History The ancient name of the town was ''Firminiaco'' or ''Firminiacus'' (lit. "pla ...

* Montbrison * Le Pilat *

Renaison Renaison () is a commune in the Loire department of central France. Geography Renaison lies in the north-western part of the department of the Loire, 10 km west of Roanne in the canton of Renaison. The municipality covers the first foothills ...

* Rive-de-Gier * Roanne-1 * Roanne-2 *

Saint-Chamond St Chamond may refer to: * Saint Chamond otherwise Annemund, bishop of Lyon * Saint-Chamond, Loire, a French town named after him * Saint-Chamond (manufacturer), informal name for the ''Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d'Homécour ...

* Saint-Étienne-1 * Saint-Étienne-2 * Saint-Étienne-3 * Saint-Étienne-4 * Saint-Étienne-5 * Saint-Étienne-6 *

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert was created in 1973 by the merger of two former communes: Saint-Just-sur-Loire and Saint-Rambert-sur-Loire. Population The population da ...

* Sorbiers

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