La Fouillouse
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Sorbiers | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 4 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 387-628 m | |
| surface | 20.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,501 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 219 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42480 | |
| INSEE code | 42097 | |
| Website | www.lafouillouse.fr | |
_mairie.JPG) La Fouillouse Town Hall |
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La Fouillouse is a French municipality with 4501 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne and is part of the canton of Sorbiers . The inhabitants are called Feuillantains .
geography
La Fouillouse is located about eight kilometers northwest of Saint-Étienne in the historic Forez landscape . The furan flows through the place . La Fouillouse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules in the north, Saint-Héand in the northeast, L'Étrat in the east, Villars in the southeast, Saint-Genest-Lerpt in the south, and Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert in the west and south-west and Andrézieux-Bouthéon in the north-west.
The A72 autoroute and the former national route 82 run through the municipality .
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The municipality has had a train station on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway since 1857 . This has now been downgraded to a stopping point and is served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains on the Roanne - Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux connection .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 2,502 | 2,736 | 3,352 | 4,004 | 4,035 | 4.234 | 4,315 | 4,354 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, originally built as a chapel in the 12th century, reconstructed in 1580, with extensive alterations in the 17th and 19th centuries
- Sainte-Anne Chapel, reconstruction in 1880 of a 16th century chapel
- Renaissance houses
- Remains of the earlier fortification tower from the 14th century
- Entrance building of the station
Community partnerships
With the Malian Arrondissement Soufouroulaye existed since 1989, a partnership , a further partnership with the Italian community Belgioioso been established in the province of Pavia (Lombardy).
