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Chalmazel-Jeansagnière
Chalmazel-Jeansagnière () is a commune in the Loire department of central France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Chalmazel and Jeansagnière.Arrêté préfectoral
22 October 2015


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Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 320 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):


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Chalmazel
Chalmazel, in Franco-Provençal, Forézian Arpitan Vers-Charmasél (pronounced [ve.ʃam.ˈze]), is a former Communes of France, French commune in the Loire (department), Loire department of the Rhône-Alpes region, known for its winter sports resort and Château de Chalmazel, château. By decree of October 22, 2015, effective January 1, 2016, Chalmazel merges with Jeansagnière to create the first new commune in the Loire: Chalmazel-Jeansagnière. Geography The commune of Chalmazel lies at the heart of the Forez mountains, a mountain range in the Massif Central separating the Dore (river), Dore valley from the Forez plain. The village lies at an altitude of 800 metres on the side of a valley bordered by the Lignon du Forez, Lignon, a tributary of the Loire. The boundary of the commune is marked to the east by the Col de la Croix de Ladret (1,046 metres) and the Pic de Morière (1,137 metres), and to the west by the Col du Béal (1,390 metres) and the massif's highest point, Pier ...
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Jeansagnière
Jeansagnière (; ) is a former commune in the Loire department in central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Chalmazel-Jeansagnière.Arrêté préfectoral
22 October 2015


Geography

The river formed all of the commune's southern border.


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Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 320 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Loire Forez Agglomération
Loire Forez Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montbrison. It is located in the Loire department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. 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 km2. 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 84 communes:
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Communes Of The Loire Department
The following is a list of the 320 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025
BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025.
* Saint-Étienne Métropole *CA Loire Forez Agglomération *CA *
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Communes Of France
A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. 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 hamlet (place), 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 arrondissem ...
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Loire (department)
Loire (; ; ; or ''Leir'') is a landlocked département 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
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History

Loire was created in 1793 when the Rhône-et-Loire département was split into two, about three years after it was created in 1790. This was a response to counter-revolutionary activities in

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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ...
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ...
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