Loire Forez Agglomération is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
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'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Montbrison. It is located in 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, in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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, southeastern
France
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. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former ''communauté d'agglomération de Loire Forez'' and three
communautés de communes. Its area is 1321.0 km
2. Its population was 110,772 in 2019, of which 15,915 in Montbrison.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
Composition
The Loire Forez Agglomération consists of the following 87 communes:
INSEE
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BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022.
# Ailleux
# Apinac
# Arthun
# Bard, Loire
#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 ...
# Boisset-lès-Montrond
# Boisset-Saint-Priest
# Bonson, Loire
# Bussy-Albieux
# Cervières, Loire
# Cezay
# Chalain-d'Uzore
# Chalain-le-Comtal
# Chalmazel-Jeansagnière
# La Chamba
# Chambles
# La Chambonie
# Champdieu
# La Chapelle-en-Lafaye
# Châtelneuf, Loire
# Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
# Chenereilles, Loire
# La Côte-en-Couzan
# Craintilleux
# Débats-Rivière-d'Orpra
# Écotay-l'Olme
# Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
# Estivareilles, Loire
# Grézieux-le-Fromental
# Gumières
# L'Hôpital-le-Grand
# L'Hôpital-sous-Rochefort
# Lavieu
# Leigneux
# Lérigneux
# Lézigneux
# Luriecq
# Magneux-Haute-Rive
# Marcilly-le-Châtel
#Marcoux, Loire
Marcoux () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Geography
The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Lo ...
# Margerie-Chantagret
# Marols, Loire
# Merle-Leignec
# Montarcher
#Montbrison, Loire
Montbrison (; frp, Montbréson) is a commune and a subprefecture of the Loire department in central France.
Montbrison was the historical capital of the counts of Forez, and today it is the principal city in the Forez.
The commune gives its ...
# Montverdun
# Mornand-en-Forez
# Noirétable
# Palogneux
#Périgneux
Périgneux () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
See also
*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 foll ...
# Pralong
#Précieux
Précieux () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
Personalities
Benoît Malon (1841 - 1893), politician, journalist was born in Précieux.
See also
*Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of ...
# Roche, Loire
#Sail-sous-Couzan
Sail-sous-Couzan () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department in central France.
Geography
The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune.
Population
Sights
* The Château de Couz ...
# Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse
#Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château (; oc, Sant Bonet dau Chastèl) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
International relations
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château is twinned with:
* Bishop's Waltham, United Kingdom
See also
*Co ...
# Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau
#Saint-Cyprien, Loire
Saint-Cyprien (; frp, Sant-Cebrin) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France.
The communes ...
# Saint-Didier-sur-Rochefort
# Saint-Étienne-le-Molard
# Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice
# Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
# Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville
#Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte
Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
See also
*Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France.
The communes cooperate in ...
# Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre
# Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
# Saint-Just-en-Bas
#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 d ...
#Saint-Laurent-Rochefort
Saint-Laurent-Rochefort () is a commune in the Loire department in central France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas region ...
#Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez (, literally ''Saint-Marcellin in Forez''; oc, Sant Marcelin) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
History
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is at an ancient crossroads between Burgundy and Velay, on the highw ...
# Saint-Paul-d'Uzore
# Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre
# Saint-Romain-le-Puy
# Saint-Sixte, Loire
# Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
# Sauvain
# Savigneux, Loire
# Soleymieux
#Sury-le-Comtal
Sury-le-Comtal () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
Personalities
* Antoine Blanc (1792-1860) archbishop of New Orleans (Louisiana)
See also
*Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of th ...
#La Tourette
La Tourette () is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Population
See also
*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 ...
# Trelins
# Unias
# Usson-en-Forez
# La Valla-sur-Rochefort
# Veauchette
# Verrières-en-Forez
# Vêtre-sur-Anzon
References
External links
Loire Forez
Visitor Center
Loire Forez
Loire Forez
Montbrison, Loire
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