Noirétable
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Montbrison | |
| Canton | Boën-sur-Lignon | |
| Community association | Loire Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 46 ′ E | |
| height | 656-1,351 m | |
| surface | 40.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,588 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42440 | |
| INSEE code | 42159 | |
| Website | http://www.noiretable.fr/ | |
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Noirétable is a French commune with 1,588 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Montbrison and is part of the canton Boën-sur-Lignon (until 2015: canton Noirétable ).
geography
Noirétable is located in the Forez in the Massif Central . The municipality is part of the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park . Noirétable is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cervières in the north, Les Salles in the northeast, Vêtre-sur-Anzon and Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre in the east, Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre in the east and southeast, La Chamba in the south, Vollore- Montagne in the west and south-west, Viscomtat in the west and Chabreloche in the north-west.
The Autoroute A89 and the former Routes nationales 89 (today's Départementstraße 1089) and 81 (here today's D53) lead through the municipality .
history
On October 27, 1972, a Vickers 724 Viscount crashed here with 66 people on board. Only six people survived the accident.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,793 | 1,850 | 1,873 | 1,838 | 1,719 | 1,637 | 1,694 | 1,658 |
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Attractions
- Church of the Assumption ( Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Vierge )
- Local museum
- Wash house
- Casino
Web links
- Plan d'Eau et Camping de la Roche (French)