Firminy
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Firminy (main town) | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 23 ' N , 4 ° 17' E | |
| height | 446-800 m | |
| surface | 10.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 17,135 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,640 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42700 | |
| INSEE code | 42095 | |
| Website | www.ville-firminy.fr | |
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Firminy is a municipality and industrial town with 17,135 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) at Saint-Etienne in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The city is located on the Ondaine River , a small tributary of the Upper Loire .
The municipality is located on the edge of the Pilat Regional Nature Park and is associated with it as an access point.
Attractions
Has become known Firminy Vert by town planning of Le Corbusier , who here the church of Saint Pierre , the stadium , the youth and culture (now Espace Le Corbusier) and Unité d'Habitation (apartment) built. This urban plan (1964–1969) is Le Corbusier's only one in Europe.
The Saint Pierre Church opened in 2006. Completion had been delayed for financial and political reasons since the foundation stone was laid in 1970. The construction, completed by Le Corbusier's former assistant José Oubrerie, could ultimately only be financed with public funds, which, due to the strict separation of church and state ( secularism ) in France, also meant that the church was considered a cultural site.
Personalities
- Dino Cinieri (* 1955), politician
- Ulrick Chavas (* 1980), football player
- Manuel Bompard (* 1986), computer scientist, mathematician and politician
- Anthony Losilla (* 1986), football player
- Blandine Dancette (* 1988), handball player
- Jérémy Jurkiewicz (* 1988), triathlete
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ spiegel.de: Elegance from force and softness |