Merle-Leignec

Merle-Leignec
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Loire
Arrondissement	Montbrison
Canton	Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
Community association	Loire Forez
Coordinates	45 ° 23 ' N , 4 ° 1' E Coordinates: 45 ° 23 ' N , 4 ° 1' E
height	660-994 m
surface	16.17 km 2
Residents	320 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	42550
INSEE code	42142
	; Town hall (Mairie) of Merle-Leignec

Merle Leignec is a French municipality with 320 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 ).

geography

Merle-Leignec is located in the historical Forez landscape in the Massif Central . Merle-Leignec is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Estivareilles in the north, Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas in the northeast, Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte in the east, Valprivas in the southeast, Boisset in the south and southwest, Saint-Pal-de- Chalencon to the west and southwest and Apinac to the west.

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Source: Cassini and INSEE

Immaculée-de-Conception church in Leignec

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