Genilac
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Rive-de-greed | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 32 ' N , 4 ° 35' E | |
| height | 255-588 m | |
| surface | 8.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,896 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 449 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42800 | |
| INSEE code | 42225 | |
| Website | www.genilac.fr | |
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Genilac (as Genilac ) is a French municipality with 3896 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Genilac is part of the Roanne arrondissement and the Rive-de-Gier canton . The inhabitants are called Génilacois (es) .
geography
The municipality of Genilac is located on the river Durèze , which flows into the Gier in the southeast . Genilac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Romain-en-Jarez in the north and north-west, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine in the north-east, Rive-de-Gier in the east and south-east, Lorette in the south, Cellieu in the south-west and Chagnon in the west.
history
Genilac is an amalgamation of the municipalities of La Cula and Saint-Génis-Terrenoire in 1973.
Population development
| year | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 2533 | 2608 | 2860 | 3107 | 3620 | 3896 |
Attractions
- Remnants of the Greed Aqueduct
- Church in Saint-Génis-Terrenoire, built between 1841 and 1843 to replace the 17th century church
- La Cula Church (in the small village of Gelay), built between 1858 and 1867
- Notre-Dame de Pitié chapel in La Cula, built in 1627, partly used as a place of pilgrimage
- old coal mines
Web links
Commons : Genilac - collection of images, videos and audio files
