Renaison (Loire)

Renaison is a French commune with 3,143 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Renaison belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the Canton of Renaison . The inhabitants are called Renaissonnais .

geography

Renaison is about ten kilometers west of Roanne . In the south runs the river of the same name, the Renaison , in the north the Oudan . There are two reservoirs in the west of the municipality (Barrage La Tache and Barrage Le Rouchain). Here in the vineyards is the Côte Roannaise wine-growing region . Renaison is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Haon-le-Vieux and Saint-Haon-le-Châtel in the north, Saint-Romain-la-Motte in the northeast, Pouilly-les-Nonains in the east, and Saint-André-d'Apchon in the South, Arcon in the southwest, Les Noës in the west and Saint-Rirand in the northwest.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	1713	1780	1918	2251	2563	2653	2834	3143

Saint-Pierre church, built in 1896 (bell tower in 1909), monument historique since 1991
Saint-Roch Chapel, built between 1869 and 1872
Beaucresson Castle from the 15th century
La Bernarde Castle, built between 1720 and 1750, monument historique since 1979
17th century Taron Castle

A partnership has existed with the Swiss municipality of Gruyères since June 1969 and with the Togolese municipality of Pagouda since June 1994.

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