La Grand-Croix
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Rive-de-greed | |
| Community association | Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 4 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 274-427 m | |
| surface | 4.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,136 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,268 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42320 | |
| INSEE code | 42103 | |
| Website | www.lagrandcroix.fr | |
La Grand-Croix is a French municipality with 5136 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Rive-de-Gier in the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne . The inhabitants are called the Grand Croisiens .
geography
La Grand-Croix is located in the valley of the Gier , about 15 kilometers northeast of Saint-Étienne , on the edge of the Pilat Regional Nature Park , with which the municipality is associated as an access point.
Neighboring communities are:
- to the north and west: Cellieu
- to the east: Lorette
- to the south: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
- in the southwest: L'Horme
Transport links
The A47 autoroute runs through the municipality from Saint-Étienne to Givors or towards Lyon . In 1832, the station on the Saint-Étienne – Lyon line , the second line in France, went into operation. This line was later integrated into the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway . Today no passenger trains stop in La Grand-Croix.
history
In 1860, La Grand-Croix was formed from parts of the communes of Cellieu and Saint-Paul-en-Jarez.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 | |
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| 5040 | 5238 | 5088 | 5125 | 4983 | 4962 | 4954 | 5136 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Parish partnership
La Grand-Croix has a partnership with the Spanish municipality of Santa Cruz de la Zarza in the province of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha).
Personalities
- Gustave Malécot (1911–1998), mathematician
