La Tourette
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | |
| Community association | Loire Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 25 ' N , 4 ° 5' E | |
| height | 619-872 m | |
| surface | 5.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 584 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 103 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42380 | |
| INSEE code | 42312 | |
| Website | http://www.roziercotesdaurec.fr/ | |
La Tourette is a French municipality with 584 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison and the canton of Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (until 2015: canton of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château ). The inhabitants are called Tourtous .
geography
La Tourette is located about 25 kilometers west of Saint-Étienne in the historic Forez landscape in the Massif Central . La Tourette is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Luriecq in the north, Périgneux in the east and northeast, Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas in the south and east and Saint-Bonnet-le-Château in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 198 | 195 | 209 | 274 | 389 | 424 | 485 | 563 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Web links
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