La Séauve-sur-Semène
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La Séauve-sur-Semène La Seauva de Semena |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Yssingeaux | |
| Canton | Deux Rivières et Vallées | |
| Community association | Loire et Semène | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 18 ′ N , 4 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 657-865 m | |
| surface | 7.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,470 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 192 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43140 | |
| INSEE code | 43236 | |
| Website | http://www.la-seauve-sur-semene.fr/ | |
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La Séauve-sur-Semène ( Occitan : La Seuva de Simeon ) is a French municipality with 1470 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Yssingeaux and the canton of Deux Rivières et Vallées (until 2015: canton of Saint-Didier-en-Velay ). The inhabitants are called Séauvois .
geography
La Séauve-sur-Semène is located in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central , and in the Forez about 20 kilometers southwest of Saint-Étienne on the Semène , a tributary of the Loire . La Séauve-sur-Semène is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pont-Salomon in the north, Saint-Didier-en-Velay in the east, Sainte-Sigolène in the south and Monistrol-sur-Loire in the west.
history
In 1925 the parish was formed from parts of the commune of Saint-Didier-en-Velay.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,165 | 1,188 | 1,021 | 1,018 | 1,074 | 1,095 | 1,248 | 1,457 |
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Attractions
- Cistercian monastery , founded in the middle of the 12th century, rebuilt in 1760, monument historique since 1993
- 15th century cross
- Chantemule Castle from the 19th century
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