Saint-Héand () is a
commune in the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) 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.
It rises in the so ...
department in central France, 12 kilometres from
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
.
The name ''Héand'' comes from the Latin
Eugendus; and was given to the town either by the saint himself when founding a monastery, or by pilgrims bringing relics there.
History of St Heand (in French)
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Population
Twin towns
Saint-Héand is twinned with Ingelfingen
Ingelfingen is a town in the Hohenlohe (district), Hohenlohe district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Kocher, 4 km northwest of Künzelsau, and 36 km northeast of Heilbronn.
History
Numerous archeologica ...
, Germany, since 1991.
See also
*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):
References
Communes of Loire (department)
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