Villerest | |
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 45°59′39″N 4°02′14″E / 45.9942°N 4.0372°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Loire |
Arrondissement | Roanne |
Canton | Roanne-2 |
Intercommunality | Roannais Agglomération |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Perron[1] |
Area 1 | 14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 5,170 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 42332 /42300 |
Elevation | 261–426 m (856–1,398 ft) (avg. 360 m or 1,180 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Villerest (French pronunciation: [vilʁɛ]; Arpitan: Vilarês) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is a Medieval-era commune located just south of the city of Roanne. The village is bordered by the river Loire.
Population
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Sights
[edit]- 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.[5] 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
[edit]Villerest is twinned with:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villerest, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Technologies, e-Obs. "Villerest - Station Verte".
- ^ "Piatra Neamţ - Twin Towns". © 2007-2008 piatra-neamt.net. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ "Geograph:: Twinning plaque in Storrington village... (C) Basher Eyre".
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