Mably
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Loire | |
Arrondissement | Roanne | |
Canton | Roanne-1 | |
Community association | Roannais agglomeration | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 5 ' N , 4 ° 4' E | |
height | 257-353 m | |
surface | 32.8 km 2 | |
Residents | 7,605 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 232 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 42300 | |
INSEE code | 42127 | |
Website | www.ville-mably.fr | |
Mably Church |
Mably is a French municipality with 7605 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes about 70 km north-west of Lyon . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the canton of Roanne-1 .
geography
The city is located on the western bank of the upper reaches of the Loire , a few kilometers north of Roanne .
History and economy
A settlement existed here even before Roanne was founded as Rodumna.
Mably's coat of arms symbolizes its major economic sectors, agriculture and industry. The place is a center of French roof tile production. On the site of the Arsenal de Roanne, which was established in 1917, there is now a production facility for the armaments company Nexter . Mably is also the headquarters and a production facility of the large food manufacturer Groupe Valentin Traiteur, which sells its products to numerous retail chains in Europe.
Attractions
- Mably and Cornillon castles
- Ponds in the localities of Merlin and Cornillon
- Cornillon Mill
Community partnerships
Mably has partnerships with
- Pô , Nahouri Province , Burkina Faso
- Wannweil , Baden-Württemberg
- Wantage , Oxfordshire , England
- Puerto Lumbreras , Murcia , Spain
Personalities
- Jules Anglès (1778-1828), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mably website , accessed June 8, 2017