Villerest (; frp, Vilarês) is a
commune in the
Loire
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department
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in central
France
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. It is a Medieval-era commune located just south of the city of
Roanne. The village is bordered by the river
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 ...
.
Population
Sights
*Le Barrage de Villerest, a hydroelectric dam that also prevents flooding along the Loire. This dam also creates a reservoir, the Lac de Villerest.
*The village itself contains many buildings from the Middle Ages. These include numerous houses, and the Eglise de Saint-Priest. Maybe most famous from this time period are the ramparts that are still mostly intact today.
International relations
Villerest is
twinned with:
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,
Romania
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and
Storrington
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,
West Sussex
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England
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.
See also
*
Communes of the Loire department
References
Communes of Loire (department)
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