department
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Government and military
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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
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 Sauve ...
. 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
Sights
* The
bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...
s of Gimel.
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Bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...
s of Gimel are a protected site, because they are the largest wetland of the Natural Park of Pilat. Rectangular pits are the mark of a former exploitation, as the hydraulic network witness of the necessary drainage.
* Mount Chaussitre
Galleries
File:Saint Régis du Coin-Tourbière flottante-Vue sud-20110417.jpg , Floating bog, South view.
File:Saint Régis du Coin-Tourbière flottante-Vue est-20110417.jpg , Floating bog, East view.